I become a god in another world

Chapter 189 Joining the Establishment
Chapter 189

On the surface, it seems that Kuai Wu caused the separation of the couple, and the fourth wife Zhuang had an affair with a stranger, which led to unnecessary killings in the village.

But upon closer inspection, it turns out that Kuai Wu's change was caused by his father's death, and Kuai Huaide's disgusting and despicable behavior was caused by the malevolent distortion of his heart due to his poor family and inability to marry a wife.

In the end, Uncle Kuai Liu was lynched out of anger for the common people because he felt guilty and went to help Kuai Wu's family without any limit, which led to...

Tracing back to the source of the tragedy, it lies in the fact that Mrs. Zhuang’s family demanded a large amount of betrothal gifts.

This money came into the hands of Mrs. Zhuang's parents, but they did not use it to squander it. Instead, most of it was used for taxation and the marriage of their son. The root of all problems lies in the heavy taxation of the court, the pressure of the environment, and the difficulty of people's livelihood to survive.

However, the common people could not shake the imperial court, so this kind of oppression was decentralized layer by layer, resulting in a strict hierarchy in the county: village elders suppressed villagers, husbands suppressed wives, and parents controlled their children, which ultimately led to tragedy.

"I heard Shaochun mention a village, Huanggang Village."

Zhao Fusheng looked at Magistrate Pang:
"Huanggang Village has a tradition of smuggling goods, and they often hire young villagers nearby. It sounds like they are also colluding with illegal businesses."

Zhixian Pang was stunned for a moment, with a thoughtful look on his face:

"I've heard some too."

Gu Jiansheng didn't know the existence of Huanggang Village, but he had some understanding of the "illegal livelihood" that Zhao Fusheng mentioned.

These matters were Wan'an County's internal affairs, and he remained silent.

"There seem to be many old graves behind their village. The villagers often dig out some old items and sometimes send them to other places for sale."

The county had also heard about this situation, and Magistrate Pang said with a headache:
"To be honest with you, Master Zhao also considered the problem of Huanggang Village when he was alive. He felt that if they did this, one day they would cause a big disaster."

As a second-generation ghost controller, Zhao Qiming himself had certain knowledge and vision, but it was a pity that he was short-lived.

"It's just that before he could free up his hands to solve the problem in Huanggang Village, something happened to the Demon Suppression Division." Pang Zhixian said:
"There are many bandit villages near their villages. Our county is short of manpower and cannot provide soldiers to solve these bandit troubles, so we can only rely on these villages to organize their own militia to resist the bandits."

Once a village formed a militia, it would be difficult for the court to ask them to evacuate. Over time, it would be difficult to restrain these villages.

As time goes by, these villages that have organized village soldiers form clans, and like Kuai Liang Village, they will have rules for private organizations in the village, and abuse of lynching will occur.

In comparison, Uncle Kuai Liu from Kuai Liang Village can be regarded as a good citizen who abides by the law.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and realized more clearly what kind of mess he had accepted.

However, she is luckier than Zhao Qiming. She has the Canon of Gods. As each ghost case is solved and the gods and hells on the Canon of Gods are opened, she gradually has her own capital and has a certain confidence in handling ghost cases.

As long as she lives, these problems in the village may be alleviated.

"After the food reaches the county, priority will be given to recruiting civilians from villages near Huanggang Village."

Zhao Fusheng's eyes flashed and he said something.

Nowadays, after a ghost case occurs, once a person dies, a large amount of merit points will be deducted from the list of gods. Zhao Fusheng tries his best to pay attention to the ghost case from the source and reduce his own losses.

Huanggang Village is quite dangerous, and she told Magistrate Pang to pay more attention.

Pang Zhixian's eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement.

"By the way, sir." After talking about Huanggang Village, Magistrate Pang suddenly remembered something:

"I heard from Fan Lingshi a few days ago that the Demon Suppression Division is missing an accountant."

Pang Zhixian said:
"There is a cousin in my clan who is very talented and learned. He was a famous teacher in his early years. He was promoted as Xiaolian and served as the county magistrate of Tongzhou. However, a ghost disaster occurred in the local area and a major case occurred. He was later held accountable."

He looked at Zhao Fusheng:
"Since then, he has been idle at home and has not entered the official position again, but he is a very capable person. I wrote to him in the middle of last month, asking him to come to Wan'an County. Counting the time, he should have received the letter by now. I'm afraid On the way here."

Zhao Fusheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

Wan'an County is not a blessed place at this time.

Magistrate Pang is willing to recruit relatives here, obviously because he trusts her ability.

At this moment, Zhao Fusheng was very happy even if Magistrate Pang wanted to please him and sent people to suppress the Demon Division.

She readily agreed:
"That's great. Now that the government office is short of manpower, Zheng He has sent all this money, and it just needs someone to take care of it."

Although Fan Bisheng has some abilities, he is not someone who specializes in handling these chores. What's more, Zhao Fusheng is very curious about their brothers' origins and is not prepared to let the two brothers be entangled in tedious chores.

If the cousin recruited by Pang Zhi County had been in charge of the affairs of a county, it would be no problem to take care of the internal affairs of a demon-suppressing company.

"I just don't know if your cousin is willing to come."

Pang Zhixian was very happy when he heard what she said.

"He has been close to me since he was a child and listens to my words. In addition, after experiencing the last ghost case, he was frightened and did not dare to leave the capital again. Now that you are prosperous and good at controlling ghosts, he has received my Letter, I will definitely be willing to come." Magistrate Pang said very confidently.

Zhao Fusheng nodded and stopped talking about this topic. Instead, he talked about another serious matter:
"By the way, I have one more thing I want you to do."

"Sir, please speak."

As soon as Magistrate Pang heard her instructions, he immediately sat upright.

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand to indicate that he did not need to be so serious, and then said:

"This time in the Kuai Liang Village ghost case, although the big ghost case has been solved, due to the complicated situation in the village, a serious ghost was missed——"

"It was a native of Kuai Liang Village during its lifetime, and was also the husband of the Fourth Lady of the Ghost Village who was revived in this ghost case. It was also known as Kuai Wu. After its death -"

Zhao Fusheng was mentioning 'disgusting ghost' when suddenly someone outside shouted:
"Hey, why do you kid climb so high-"

As soon as the man finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng turned around and saw a row of screens at the entrance to the side hall, and a hollow door frame carved out of wood above the entrance.

On the door frame, a child's arms and legs were spread wide, like a giant spider grasping the hollow wood and lying on it.

Her black hair was hanging down, and her eyes were staring into the side hall through the gap in the door frame.

Leng might as well turn around and take a look, he was so frightened to death.

There were no other children in the Demon Suppressing Division. Who else could there be except Kuai Manzhou who came back with her this time?
When she turned to look, Gu Jiansheng and Pang Zhixian also saw Kuai Manzhou.

Gu Jiansheng now knew that Kuai Manzhou was also a ghost controller, and he was afraid of this little girl when he saw her. He was even more frightened when he remembered that he had not cared about her before in Zhuangjia Village.

But Magistrate Pang didn't know what was going on and said:
"How come this kid climbed so high? Come down quickly."

Zhao Fusheng stood up with a sullen face, walked around the screen and stretched out his hand to her:

"Manzhou, come down!"

People outside were also shouting.

Kuai Manzhou's hair became windless at this time.

Countless black energy escaped from her body and turned into thin threads, entangled in the gaps in the wooden frames, hanging her petite body down.

This look is simply weird.

Kuai Manzhou looked like a puppet on strings. When the people who were scolding him outside saw this scene, they were so frightened that they almost screamed and hurriedly retreated.

The little girl fell into Zhao Fusheng's arms smoothly and shouted:
"Fu Sheng."

Pang Zhixian was sitting inside before and didn't see Kuai Manzhou using his ghost power through the screen.

He was ignorant and fearless. When he heard Kuai Manzhou calling Zhao Fusheng by his first name, he was immediately dissatisfied:
"This child has no rules. He needs to be called an adult." "Mother." Kuai Manzhou changed her title. Zhao Fusheng couldn't bear it anymore and threw her out:
"Stop yelling."

"Fusheng." Kuai Manzhou changed his name obediently.

Magistrate Pang couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to teach this wayward boy a lesson. Gu Jiansheng felt pity and held the old magistrate down:
"Man Da Da, let her do it."

"But -" Magistrate Pang was a little dissatisfied, and Zhao Fusheng also shook his head:
"Whatever she wants to be called, her name is just a code name, just for people to call her."

Kuai Manzhou squeezed next to her, leaned next to her, and shared a chair with her.

"You want to hear about disgusting ghosts?"

Zhao Fusheng tilted his head and asked her, and the little girl nodded.

"Just listen." Zhao Fusheng didn't refuse. Pang Zhixian looked strange. He always felt that she was strangely tolerant of the sole survivor of this ghost case.

"In this Kuai Village ghost case, the evil ghost resurrected after Kuai Wu's death and became a disgusting ghost. He has escaped."

When Zhao Fusheng said this, Kuai Manzhou's expression did not change, still cold and blank, but her tiny fingers were already scratching the table. It was obvious that the child was quite upset at this time.

"I want you to issue an official document immediately to draw attention to the existence of this ghost. If there are clues, once verified, the person who reports it will be rewarded."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhixian Pang showed a look of confusion on his face.

He has been an official for several years and has dealt with the Demon Suppressor in the past. Compared with the thousands of common people in the Han Dynasty, he can be regarded as a person with certain knowledge.

In Pang Zhixian's understanding, if most commanders can drive away ghost cases, they are considered the chosen ones.

But after Zhao Fusheng came to power, every time he handled a ghost case, he would either break down the evil ghosts, or seal and suppress them. The ghost cases were handled beautifully and the hidden dangers were completely eliminated.

Now this adult seems to have evolved, and he even offered to arrest Li Gui.

"Sir, do you mean to hunt for ghosts?"

Magistrate Pang still couldn't believe his conjecture, so he asked one more question just to be cautious.

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

She remembered that this time because the disgusting ghost escaped from restraint, 1000 merit points were deducted from her after the ghost case was concluded, and she felt a little resentful in her heart.

"I have dealt with it in the ghost village. This evil ghost should have a ghost skin left. When the ghost skin comes into contact with humans, it will cover the human body."

Zhao Fusheng told the story of his fight with a disgusting ghost, and put forward some of his views on the characteristics of this ghost based on the ghost case and the prompts from the list of gods:

"After the ghost skin covers a person, it will eat the person's flesh and blood, causing the person to die unconsciously. I guess that people will change to a certain extent after being possessed by a disgusting ghost."

"My temperament will change drastically, and my appearance will become sloppy——"

She recalled the burp that the disgusting ghost made at that time. The stench made Wu Shaochun and Fan Wujiu look away and added:

"Maybe there's still a foul smell on your body."

Magistrate Pang was frightened and kept her words in his heart.

"However, I currently don't know what kind of person will trigger the disgusting ghost's murder law, but I think we can call in the people from Wulitiantun and start with the people Kuai Wu interacted with during his lifetime."

When Li Gui kills people, they usually give priority to killing their own blood relatives, or people with whom they have interacted before death (not because of closeness, but because people who have interacted with ghosts during their lifetimes are most likely to trigger Li Gui's killing rules). This is Zhao Fu Sheng's own summary.

Magistrate Pang nodded.

"In addition, we should pay attention to drunkards, wife beaters, or wives with rumors."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a while and added:
"If your father is dead at home, you should also pay attention."

The scope of this investigation was already very large, and Magistrate Pang still responded.

Compared to the huge workload, he was more worried about ghosts killing people.

"Sir, if it is found out——"

Before Zhao Fusheng could speak, Kuai Manzhou suddenly said:

"I go."

"You?!" Pang Zhixian's eyes widened.

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"If I don't have time then, I can go to Manzhou. She is also a ghost controller."

After saying that, she saw that Magistrate Pang seemed to have been hit hard, and his whole body was like being struck by thunder. He sat there blankly and said again:
"The ghost case in Kuai Liang Village was solved this time because Manzhou Yu envoyed her mother, the Fourth Lady Zhuang."

"..."

Only then did Pang Zhixian know the reason why Gu Jiansheng had kindly held him down just now. He didn't expect that Kuai Manzhou in front of him was also a ghost controller, and he had even shouted at her before...

Thinking of this, Pang Zhixian was almost frightened. He could not sit comfortably in his chair and did not dare to look directly into Kuai Manzhou's eyes.

At this moment, he began to regret that he had not understood in detail the causes and consequences of the ghost cases in Zhuang and Kuai villages. Otherwise, he would not have made such a serious mistake and almost offended the ghost master unknowingly.

Perhaps Zhao Fusheng's emotional stability made him almost forget about the difficulty and gloominess of the Ghost Controller.

Upon closer inspection, Kuai Manzhou's eyes were cold and his complexion was pale. Although he was a child, his face did not have the innocence of a child, but instead had a chilling coldness on his face.

"By the way, since Man Zhou wants to stay in the Demon Suppressing Division, she must abide by the rules of the Demon Suppressing Division. Pang Pang will take her to Brother Fan for me and let her register in the soul book first."

Zhao Fusheng ordered.

"……me?"

When Pang Zhixian heard about this mission, he suddenly felt as if there was a nail in the chair.

He moved his butt twice, wishing he could escape immediately:

"S-Sir, I might—why don't I call you Master—"

"It's fine."

Zhao Fusheng shook his head and reached out to touch Kuai Manzhou's head:
"Manzhou is a good boy and won't mess around. You have to listen to this grandpa-"

She looked at Kuai Manzhou, her tone was gentle, but her eyes were calm, implying a warning.

Kuai Manzhou looked up at her. The child's eyes were black and white.

But if you look closely, you can still see the moving black lines under her eyes, and there is an abnormal weirdness in that darkness.

The little girl suddenly tilted her head and closed her eyes while the black energy under her eyes occupied the whites of her eyes.

Zhao Fusheng's actions and words seemed to suddenly touch some memories deep in her heart, causing her to react. Her instinct took over. She stretched out a pair of thin arms, hugged Zhao Fusheng around the waist, and put her face He pressed it against her belly and rubbed it lovingly.

Mom, I will be obedient.

she thought to herself.

But I dare not open my eyes to see, afraid that all the patient advice and gentle comfort are just flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water.