Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 157 Follow-up
It is rumored that every family in Liujiazhuang who has been eaten by the "rat king" has different numbers of gold cakes in front of the door, or one or two.The weight of each gold cake is different, and the shape is different. They seem to be hastily cast, but they are about one tael, but they are of good quality. According to the current market price, they can be exchanged for seven or eight pennies.

The livestock lost by those families included chickens, sheep and dogs, but nowadays a healthy cow is only sold for two or three pennies.Even for a family that only got one gold cake, it is more than enough to buy a few more livestock.Earlier they were crying secretly because of the loss of their own family, and because they were afraid of the power of the monster, they dared not speak out, but now everyone is smiling, wishing that the rat king would eat more chickens from home.

It is said that the village man who was taken away to work as a coolie received the most compensation, a total of four gold cakes.With these properties, his family was originally the lowest net worth in Liujiazhuang, and immediately jumped to the top ten wealthy households.It is said that the villager is already considering finding a craftsman to build a new house, so as to save a family of seven from having to squeeze into three huts, and everything is inconvenient.

Shi Qing told Li Lijun all the gossip he had heard from the servants of Prince Zou's residence.She felt that the deeds of the monster "Rat King" were very likely to be true.Because no one will give people gold for no reason.Then there are so many people in Liujiazhuang who got gold cakes, relatives and friends have all seen it with their own eyes, so how can it be fake?

It's just that Shi Qing couldn't imagine, where did the Mouse King get so much gold?Did it lose so much money because it ate other people's livestock?Then why doesn't it just leave the gold when it steals it?If it had lost money a long time ago, the rumors of monsters haunting Liujiazhuang would not have spread so widely, and everyone would be terrified and frightened.If they had known that donating livestock could be exchanged for gold cakes, those village households would have wished for the Rat King to come to their door!Moreover, the news will be blocked immediately, so as not to let outsiders come to take advantage of it.

And Liu Dalang, who was suddenly sent back to the county government prison, is also very legendary.The Rat King had kidnapped him back then, why did he send him back?The magistrate of Jingyang County had already reported that he had fled without permission before the officers and soldiers arrived, so as to hide the fact that he took the prisoner out of the prison and gave him a chance to escape. Unexpectedly, the prisoner returned to the prison, which is called a victim The family members of the victims were informed.The magistrate of Jingyang County is now troubled enough just to deal with the aftermath and appease the families of the victims. As for the rumors of monsters in Liujiazhuang, he can no longer suppress them.

Li Lijun asked curiously: "The official's son who was eaten by a giant snake, his family already knew the news that Liu Dalang was sent back to prison? Then can they believe that their master was eaten by a snake demon?"

Shi Qing said: "I heard that the villager who got four gold cakes took his family members to the cave where he was imprisoned, and the scales of the giant snake can be found inside! There are also many traces of the snake's activities. The family of officials believed it, weeping bitterly, but they also knew that they would not be able to find the body of their lord, so they are planning to ask the eminent monks of Qingliang Temple to perform the ceremony again."

This family is not ordinary people, they have already accepted the fact that monsters cannibalize people, and it is useless for the Jingyang county magistrate to try to lie to them.If he didn't want to offend people completely, he had to re-examine the case.

In this way, although Liu Dalang will be punished by the law for being an accomplice to the monster's murder, he will no longer be regarded as a murderer and be sentenced to death.If he stayed in Jingyang to serve his sentence, he could return to his family after he was released from prison.The catastrophe of the Liu family has come to an end, and it is probably barely possible to give him a place to stay.

This is not something Li Lijun needs to ask.She still has a question: "Liujiazhuang has been so lively these past few days, has that Rat King ever risked his head?"

Shi Qing shook his head: "The manager's wife only said in the letter that the rat king disappeared, and many people tried to find it, but they couldn't find it. There are rumors in Liujiazhuang that they still have livestock that disappear inexplicably at night, but People who encountered this kind of thing refused to admit that it happened. The people in Zhuangzi next door were so jealous that they must have won the golden cake from the King of Rats. They were afraid that outsiders would steal it from them if they found out, so they refused to tell What about people. Now not only the people in Liujiazhuang have bought some chickens, sheep and other livestock in private, but even the people in the next-door village show off the fatness and tenderness of their sheep to outsiders every day. They probably want to lure the rat king to go. ?”

If the livestock can really be exchanged for gold cakes, it will definitely be more cost-effective than eating them at home or selling them in the market.Farmers also know how to settle accounts.Now the Rat King is no longer an evil monster that everyone fears. People praise him as a kind and generous monster. He is very welcome to visit his home!

Li Lijun was amused, and remembered the scene of observing Liujiazhuang through the little black crane last night. Although no livestock disappeared, the gophers were still going in and out of the meteorite cave every day.The villagers didn't notice it, probably because no one was guarding the hill 24 hours a day, and there were multiple entrances and exits on the hill, which was convenient for the small gophers to enter and exit.However, since it gets along well with the villagers now, Li Lijun has nothing to worry about.As for whether the gold in its hands is enough to consume?A wealthy family from a gold mine doesn't need her to worry about it!

In the evening, Li Lijun asked Xiao Heihe to inspect Liujiazhuang again. This time, he observed more carefully, and found that the chicken sheds of two families had been patronized, and suddenly lost a few chickens.But then, small nuggets of gold appeared on the doorsteps of both homes.When the master heard the movement outside the door, he immediately opened the door and took the gold away.

They were still discussing with their family in whispers in the house, saying that they should not let outsiders know that they had won gold.Those households that got the gold cakes earlier had their relatives and friends come to borrow money in the past two days, and the village Han’s family that got four gold cakes was even thieves!Fortunately, the villagers found out in time, and there was no loss, only the fence behind the house was cut.After this incident, the people in Liujiazhuang kept a low profile, and they no longer publicized the deeds of the Rat King so blatantly as before.

Li Lijun originally thought that since Liujiazhuang became her own property, she had the responsibility to remind the farmers not to make too much publicity when they got money, so as not to attract thieves.Now seeing that they themselves understand this truth, it saves trouble.

She would give the gopher a little more time to recuperate from his injuries before returning home.When the news of this matter subsides, she will go to Liujiazhuang for a visit, not only to use the meteorite refining tool, but also to see the gopher off, and to wrap up the story of the giant snake eating people.Otherwise, the snake corpse has been kept in her storage space, occupying such a large area for nothing, and it is not a long-term solution.

Now people in the world don't know that the giant snake is dead. They only heard Liu Dalang and the villagers say that it will never return. They must be worried that it will return to Liujiazhuang one day to do evil, right?When they see the corpse of the giant snake, they should be able to feel at ease.

In the future, they will no longer have monsters that eat people, nor will they have landlords who only know how to spend their days and drinks but refuse to work hard. They just need to live their lives with peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)