Liaozhai: A Poor Monk Transcends to Immortal

Chapter 43 Dove occupying the magpie's nest
After leaving the Zhang family, Xu Zisu went straight to Sima Mansion.

Within an hour, the entire Zhang family was taken away, and the government officials also dug up a female body from the backyard of the Zhang family.

Exactly,
The cycle of heaven and earth brings unsatisfactory retribution,
what goes around comes around,
It's not that it is not reported, the time has not come.

Of course, all of this is his own handiwork.

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Sima Mansion,
Xu Zisu frowned and fell into deep thought.

The baby is missing?

Could it be another evil cultivator?
But then this idea was dismissed by Xu Zisu,

Where is this place?
Fucheng,

Even the original Yinhun sect was planted here, and ordinary evil cultivators certainly don't have the guts to do so.

Therefore, there may be something hidden in it.

"Little master, what do you think?"

"The young monk agreed."

"Thank you so much, little master."

Seeing Xu Zisu agree, Zhang Dunqian smiled slightly. He originally wanted to go to Tianluo Temple to seek help, but he didn't expect that Little Master Pudu actually came to his door. It was really fate.

Since more than a month ago, there have been frequent thefts in Fucheng. What was stolen was not gold and silver jewelry, but half-year-old children, ranging from babies under one month old to children as old as two years old. Some even just gave birth and disappeared in the first night.

If there were only one or two cases, it might be human traffickers, but now there are dozens of cases, which is a bit strange. In addition, people in Songjian Mansion are panic-stricken, so the matter was handed over to the Demon Suppression Division.

It has been half a month now, and even if the Demon Suppression Department conducts daily inspections, there is still no harvest.

In order to find out the culprit, Zhen Yaosi joined forces with the government army,
However, after three days of monitoring, not only did they find nothing, but three babies were stolen under their noses, which was a great shame and humiliation.

Because of this, I had to ask the Quartet for help.

Babies are often lost at night, which proves that they are not visible to people, and they can avoid the Demon Suppression Department, which proves that they are not weak.

It seems that the water in Songjian Mansion is also very deep.

After leaving the Zhang Mansion, Xu Zisu wandered around the city. He didn't choose to stay in the bustling streets, but went to the Fang District and civilian residential areas. It can be known.

Passing through the Fang District is the civilian area. You can see ragged clothes and domineering people everywhere, as well as the constant sounds of crying and ridicule.
There are many kinds of suffering in life.

Not long after, Xu Zisu paused and looked up at the ruined temple beside him.

I saw half-burned incense still remaining in the incense vessel in the temple. When I looked up at the statue, I saw an old man with kind-hearted eyes.

earth temple,
"Do good people want to offer incense?"

Just as he was dazed for a moment, an old man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes walked out of the temple holding a wooden staff.

"Amitabha."

"Since we can meet each other, we are destined to meet each other, so the young monk will offer three sticks of incense."

"Good people have mercy."

Then he took out three sticks of incense and handed them to Xu Zisu.

In the doubtful eyes of the old man, Xu Zisu stepped forward and inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense vessel.

"Good man, this incense has not yet been ignited."

"Little monk knows that this land cannot bear the incense of little monk."

Xu Zisu looked at the mud tire in front of him with a smile. Wherever he looked, he saw a half-sized yellow rat in the mud tire, looking at him in horror.

A pair of teary eyes rolled, full of fear.

"A good person has no intention of offering incense, so he should go out."

When the old man heard this, his face suddenly turned cold, and he picked up the broom to drive him away.

Xu Zisu shook his head: "Donor, don't worry, I wonder if this clay sculpture has anything to do with the benefactor?"

After hearing Xu Zisu's question, the old man calmed down, and a flash of thought flashed in his eyes: "This clay sculpture is the ancestor of the Songjian Mansion."

Hearing this, Xu Zisu nodded, feeling satisfied.

Anyone who can make statues of gods is either a good person or an official with political achievements.

Otherwise, we will not be able to bear this huge will power.

If you build a statue of a god on your own arrogantly, your family fortune will be ruined at best, and your descendants will be cut off at worst.

And the old man in front of him is the consequence. After a prince, he has fallen to this level. This can only mean that his ancestors have made meritorious deeds, but their blessings are not enough to last for future generations.

If you build an ancestral temple and don't bear the karma of Shinto, there is no way it will have another outcome. "The young monk means no harm. I hope the old donor will listen to what the young monk has to say." Looking at the old man who calmed down, Xu Zisu spoke again: "The young monk is not disrespectful to the Lord of the Earth, but he feels sorry for the thief who stole the incense."

A thief who steals incense?

A flash of confusion flashed in the old man's eyes.

There are only two people in this temple, where did the thieves come from?

"Donor, you better come out. Do you want me to ask the monk to invite you out?"

The old man followed Xu Zisu's gaze and saw the statue suddenly emitting a dense yellow light.

When the old man saw this, he knelt on the ground with a 'pop' sound.

"The ancestors appeared, and the unfilial descendant Tian Zaiyuan paid homage to the ancestors."

A look of helplessness appeared on Xu Zisu's face, and then he shook his head.

"Squeak~"

Just as the old man bowed down, a huge yellow rat emerged from the statue, stretched out its two little paws and bowed towards Xu Zisu.

The old man who heard the voice looked up, and when he saw this scene, he was paralyzed on the spot in fright.

"This~"

"Does the benefactor know now?"

"This yellow rat is the thief who occupies the position of Lord of the Earth and devours incense every day."

It's not scary that there is a mouse in this statue. What's scary is that this mouse is human and can bow.

This... Could it be that this mouse is a demon?

When I thought of this, I was shocked and even more frightened.

"Old donor, there is no need to be afraid. This rat has not become a demon yet, it is just a spirit."

The old man who secretly breathed a sigh of relief raised his heart again.
Ghost, isn't this still a monster?

Seeing this, Xu Zisu was also quite helpless. People always have an unconcealable fear of monsters.

"If the old donor is afraid, please go out first. The young monk has something else to ask about this yellow rat."

"Thank you little master, thank you little master."

After speaking, he hurried out.

It is worth mentioning that the old man has never come back since then, and the earth temple has been abandoned, and the karma brought by Shinto has also dissipated.

Xu Zisu's eyes fell on the trembling yellow rat. He didn't know what kind of alien it was, but it was so psychic and knew how to swallow incense.

"The young monk asks you, do you know about the missing babies that have happened in Songjian City over the past few days?"

The ground squirrel hesitated for a while when he heard the words, but nodded his head.

Sure enough,

"Have you seen the real murderer?"

When the yellow rat heard this, he nodded first, and then shook his head.

What do you mean?
Have you seen it or not?

"Squeak~"

After a few breaths, he shook his head helplessly. He couldn't understand animal language, and the yellow rat couldn't speak human language and couldn't communicate at all.

"So, you can follow the little monk first."

He took the yellow rat into his arms, turned around and left the Earth Temple.

night,
Xu Zisu took out the bowl, and a ghost appeared in front of him.

"Amitabha."

"Donor, are you satisfied now?"

"I would like to thank my young master for redressing the injustice."

"The young monk will send the donor to reincarnation now."

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[Redeem the wronged soul and reward a little merit]

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(End of this chapter)