Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Liu Yunxiang was confused when he heard this, and asked Lao Zhang where the "Witch God Messenger" came from.

It turns out that there is a witch tribe in Xizhou. They worship the witch god, and the messengers of the witch god are the witches who draw talismans.Children with talismans drawn on their bodies are the children chosen by the witch god. After their death, they can go to heaven to serve the witch god.

"Although my son is dead, he is also very lucky to be chosen by the Witch God to become the Holy Son." Lao Zhang said, his eyes gradually became brighter.

"Are you confused? Where is the witch god and the holy son?" Zi Jin frowned.

"No, there is, there must be. Panlong City was punished by God because it offended the Witch God. There was only thunder but no rain. The Witch God was punishing them and wanted them all to starve to death." Lao Zhang said a little crazy.

"So those witches are from Panlong City?" Liu Yunxiang asked, grabbing the key point.

"I don't know. She took my son away and said that if she misses him from now on, he can go to the Witch Temple to worship him."

After coming out of Lao Zhang's house, Liu Yunxiang asked Zijin to go to the Yamen to call for people, and then ordered these officials to find the children who were sick from eating Miaoyun'an persimmon cakes.

She waited in the Yamen, and the officials came back one after another. Finally, they found 33 children in total, [-] of whom had died of illness, and their bodies were taken away by the so-called witches.

"Their parents were actually willing to give their children's bodies to the witch?" Liu Yunxiang couldn't understand.

An official said: "Firstly, the witches advocated that they would take away the bodies of these children, bury them alive, and send their souls to the witch god as some kind of holy sons. Secondly, they agreed to let the witches take away the bodies of the children. The witches I will give my parents ten taels of silver."

"For children to go all the way to Miaoyun Temple to ask for such a persimmon cake means that the family is very poor. The parents feel that since the child is dead, it is better to exchange for some money."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "These people have the mentality of parents, but what do they want the bodies of these children?"

At this time, Liu Yunheng and Han Sifu came back. They got the antidote, and Han Sifu hurriedly went to the backyard to rescue Miaomiao.

"There are three more children. Send someone to take them to their parents quickly." Liu Yunxiang asked Liu Yunheng.

After Liu Yunheng explained, he hurried to the backyard to see his daughter, but Han Sifu kicked him out and refused to let him in.

"That's what you deserve!" Liu Yunxiang said solemnly.

Liu Yunheng lowered his head, "I can't help Miaomiao, and I can't help Sifu either."

"You, I didn't expect you to be so confused about the back house. Since you have married a concubine, then the wife is the wife and the concubine is the concubine. The status of the wife must be maintained. You cannot let her be suppressed just because you love the concubine. The main wife is on the other side. This way, there won’t be so many troubles.”

"After Tang Yu'er's incident happened, she had a big quarrel with me. It was not because I didn't protect her position, but because she didn't want that position and no longer cared about the affairs of the back house. In this case, I could only leave it to Tang Yu'er. Go take care of it." Liu Yunheng said helplessly.

"If you had shown your attitude at the beginning, admitted your mistake, and let Tang Yuer in without listening to her father's words, I think Sifu would not have been so disheartened."

"It's always my fault."

"You." Liu Yunxiang sighed, "If you want to make it up to them, mother and daughter, you must not be confused again about Tang Yu'er."

"Yes, I listen to my sister."

When Liu Yunheng took people to Miaoyun Nunnery, all the witches hiding in the nunnery had escaped, and the root of this incident was in Panlong City. Liu Yunxiang always felt that there must be something interesting in it, so he decided to take Zijin to Panlong City. Longcheng and Yan Mu meet up.

Miaomiao's condition quickly improved after taking the antidote, and Liu Yunxiang felt at ease when she left.

She also told her brother that while he was busy with official duties, he should also go back to the backyard to spend time with his children.As for how to deal with Tang Yu'er, let Han Sifu make the decision.

Panlong City is at the far west of Darong. Beyond Panlong City is Xiguan, which is the gateway to the west of Darong.After Liu Yunxiang dressed up, she and Zijin took a carriage to Panlong City.The further you go west, the higher the terrain becomes, and as winter approaches, the flowers and plants are withering, leaves are falling, and the scenery is desolate all the way.When passing through some towns, we can also see the true face of people's life in Xizhou, with low adobe houses, rugged roads, tattered clothes, and markets that do not show any signs of prosperity.

They walked slowly, and it took them three days to reach the outside of Panlong City.

Panlong City implemented a curfew. When they arrived, the city gate was already closed, so they had to stay in an inn outside the city.

From the outside, this inn looks very shabby. When you go inside, it's just as shabby, but it's still clean.There were only two tables in the lobby. When they entered, the innkeeper and his family were having dinner. It was quite strange to see them.

"Staying in a hotel?" the innkeeper asked.

Zi Jin was amused, "When we come to your inn, we naturally stay there."

The innkeeper, a middle-aged man, laughed when he heard this and said, "To be honest with you two, I haven't had a guest in this inn for half a month."

With that said, he stood up and invited the two of them to go to the upper room.

"Even though our inn is shabby, it is clean inside, especially the beddings. We will take them out and wash them after the guests leave."

I followed the innkeeper into the house. The furnishings in the house were simple, but it was indeed clean and tidy.

"It stands to reason that your inn is outside Panlong City, and Panlong City has a curfew, so the business of your inn should be very good."

The innkeeper smiled bitterly, "The inn's business relies on merchants traveling from east to west. Although our Panlong City is the best way to Xiguan, due to the additional customs duties, the merchants all choose to take a detour. Come here. You should have seen it when you were on the road, there were no merchants coming and going, right?"

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, really not.

"So, how can business be good?" The innkeeper said a few words, and then asked them if they wanted food. Since there were not many ingredients, he could only make some for them.

"You watch and get ready." Liu Yunxiang asked Zijin to hand a piece of silver to the innkeeper, "Please help us prepare some hot water first."

"Okay, you two wait a moment."

The road was filled with loess, and the two of them urgently needed a bath.After the hot water was delivered and the master and servant had washed themselves, the innkeeper's wife brought food.

"These are home-cooked dishes, don't mind it, you two." The proprietress is dark and thin, and she looks like she is a neat worker.

Liu Yunxiang looked at the food and smiled: "It's pretty good."

She was about to sit down when she suddenly heard a loud noise outside and was startled.

"There's thunder, it's going to rain."

Zijin opened the window and took a look at the sky outside. There was no moon or stars in the sky, and it looked like it was about to rain.

"Thunder rings every now and then, but it doesn't rain." The proprietress sighed, "The seeds that were sown earlier have not yet sprouted because of the drought."

Sure enough, the thunder stopped after two thunders, and not a drop of rain fell.

"This is surprising." Liu Yunxiang said.

The landlady said: "It is said that the Witch God is sending a natural disaster to punish Panlong City, and wants to starve the people in Panlong City to death." (End of Chapter)