Fragrance is good for purifying the heart

Chapter 157
Nangong Wenxiu suddenly woke up when she heard Ni Anzhi's voice. This was the first time that Ni Anzhi took the initiative to call her. She immediately blushed and smiled shyly at Ni Anzhi, "Ah, what, why did Senior Brother Ni call me?"

"Nothing, I just feel that your prayers, junior sister, are really timely... very appropriate for the occasion." Ni Anzhi coughed a few times unnaturally.

However, Nangong Wenxiu fell into endless reverie, and did not forget to murmur to herself, "Of course I responded to the situation. This Bodhisattva is very effective. Every time I ask for the Bodhisattva's blessing, it works..."

Wangjia Town is not far from Taixu Mountain. Beimian and a group of disciples from Taixu Mountain quickly met with Senior Brother Jiang Qi who was responsible for liaison at the foot of the mountain.

Beimian and others met Jiang Qi outside the border of Wangjia Town. When they saw him, he was patrolling along the border of Wangjia Town with a guarded look on his face and a fairy sword in hand.

"Master, it's great that you are all here!" When Jiang Qi saw Bei Mian and others, she immediately sheathed her long sword and ran over.

"I have made contact with you a long time ago. The master will go with the disciples to the home of Elder Wang in Wangjia Town to have a rest. Elder Wang will definitely arrange a place for us to stay tonight. If the matter is urgent, I hope that the master will be with everyone. Don’t be dissatisfied.”

Beimian nodded slightly to Jiang Qi. Jiang Qi's face immediately turned red, and her hands and feet became much more agile.

Following Jiang Qi to the home of Elder Wang in Wangjia Town, everyone saw an old man sitting in a wooden wheelchair.

Gardenia took a closer look at Elder Wang, but saw that his beard and hair were all white, his cheeks were rosy, but his figure was quite thin. He only greeted people, but his voice was loud and powerful.

He was wearing a gray gown, and his legs were weak. Perhaps because he had been in a wheelchair for many years, his originally thin legs had shrunk severely.

But his eyes were strong and bright when he looked at people. He did not shy away from the condition of his disabled legs. Instead, he allowed everyone to look at him with a calm face.

Finally, he called the servants in the room to serve tea to Bei Mian and others, pointed at the servant who was slowly looking at the tea, sighed and said: "Well, if it weren't for the puppets in my Wang family town being agitated for no reason recently. , if he doesn’t obey orders, I won’t lock him up and replace him with these delicious and lazy things..."

"A Zhong?" Beimian's eyes flashed under the jade mask, and he was quite confused: "Is he also a puppet?"

"Yes," Elder Wang waved his hand to the servant who was watching the tea, making a look of indifference, and kept sighing: "Azhong has served me for many years, and since his death, the two of us have been together. We depended on each other and never separated again, but who would have thought that just more than ten days ago, many families in the town said that for unknown reasons, the puppets in their homes were always very restless and did not quite obey their masters. ."

He then stretched out his skinny finger and pointed in the direction of the corner of the main room. Gardenia looked over and saw that it looked like a small house, but the doors and windows were surrounded by iron locks and chains.

"I originally thought that maybe every family is different. My Ah Zhong is loyal to me and would never do anything to hurt me. But...just a few nights ago, Ah Zhong suddenly changed. He was extremely restless, roaring from time to time, and wanted to rush from this hall to the town. Even if he didn't listen to my words..." As he said that, Elder Wang opened his gray long sleeves, revealing A skinny arm actually had four blood marks on it, and the long and deep wounds were open, like the ferocious mouth of a monster.

When everyone saw him, they all took a breath. Elder Wang continued: "I had no choice but to send someone to lock up Ah Zhong. But in the morning, Ah Zhong seemed to be back to his usual self. , honest, loyal and reliable, but I... don't dare to let him out... I'm afraid that he will come out and cause trouble again at night."

"Why do these puppets in this town come out to cause trouble at night?" Gardenia couldn't help but look at the corner of the hut where the Azhong puppet was imprisoned.

Elder Wang couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know why. Our town, Wangjia Town, has always been mainly about making puppets. Almost every household has a puppet who can obey orders. There has been no trouble for more than a hundred years, because The puppets are extremely obedient and loyal to their masters, so they are very popular in our town."

When he said this, he suddenly stretched out a hand towards Bei Mian tremblingly. Bei Mian's eyes immediately showed respect, and he immediately hugged Elder Wang's palm with both hands, "Elder Elder, please leave." Excited, please tell me slowly if you have anything to do, we, the disciples of Taixu Mountain, are here today just to help you."

"Head of Taixu Mountain, please help us find the reason why the puppet is suddenly restless. Maybe there is a situation that you don't know yet. Just about seven days ago, every night at sunset, puppets would knock on doors from door to door. The door, and the puppet who knocked on the door didn’t know which family’s puppet came out to cause trouble..."

He swallowed nervously, and suddenly a pair of vicissitudes of life eyes widened, and his skinny fingers grasped Beimian's hand tighter. Beimian frowned unconsciously, but he was wearing a jade Color mask, no one notices it.

"You haven't seen it with your own eyes. Those unknowing townspeople who opened the door were brutally killed by the puppet. Even children as young as three or four years old were not spared. They tore off the The heads of the townspeople were hung with their hair on a big banyan tree in the town. Someone got up early the next day and saw it, and they were frightened..."

Senior Brother Jiang Qi listened to this for a long time, and could no longer hold back the anger in his heart. He raised his sword and rushed to the great elder Wang, shouting, "Since these puppets are no longer under control, why don't we do it in the daytime?" Gather all the puppets in the town in one place and set them on fire. Once they are all gone, they will be clean!"

He spoke with righteous indignation, and this proposal actually attracted some people present to agree with it. They always felt that since the people causing trouble were puppets, they should be eliminated.Why bother to be coy when it won't make a big deal?
Jiang Qi's words caused Elder Wang to turn red suddenly. He pointed at him with his finger, as if he wanted to say something, but was choked by a breath. His face turned red for a long time and he couldn't say a word.

No one knew why, but Beimian suddenly said two words lightly, "It's inappropriate."

After a while, the elder Wang finally took a breath, and then shook his head suddenly, burst into tears, and cried out, "It would be so simple. I am in charge of the overall situation of the entire Wangjia Town, and all the sects Most of the puppets made by each family are relatives of those families. After their death, they were made into talismans with special cinnabar and soaked in medicinal baths...

These people make one or two puppets at home, firstly for the convenience of the envoys, and secondly to keep them in their thoughts.If I, as the Great Elder, force them to hand over the puppet and burn it in public, I don’t think any Wang family would be willing to hand over the puppet automatically.As the Great Elder, I cannot ignore the overall situation. If I do it forcefully, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of all Wang family members..."

　Jiang Qi: So why not burn it on fire?
　　Elder Wang: (beating his chest and stamping his feet) It’s heart-breaking, it’s heart-breaking~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)