I become a god in another world

Chapter 204 Asking for Salary
Chapter 204
But from the corner of her eye, she could see several thin black silky threads hanging down from the beams of the house, weaving into a weird and special 'hammock'.

The usually silent child was sitting on this 'hammock' woven with the power of ghosts, with a pair of small feet hanging in the air, swinging in the air like a swing.

This child has almost never spoken to other people since she entered the Demon Suppression Division after controlling ghosts, but her awareness is extremely sharp - Zhao Fusheng paused when he opened the file, his eyes moved, and a dark and inexplicable color flashed in his eyes. .

She had planned to go to Fengmen Village before, and Pang Zhixian had spent much longer with her than Kuai Manzhou, but Pang Zhixian didn't realize her thoughts, but the little girl noticed her thoughts first.

Pang Zhi County mentioned that a ghost case occurred in Fengmen Village 43 years ago.

Zhao Fusheng believed that she had extraordinary self-control. When she heard about this year, she had some fluctuations in her heart, but she did not show any abnormality - at least the old magistrate did not notice it, and Kuai Manzhou knew about it.

She thought for a while and simply asked the little girl directly:
"How did you tell?"

The child swung his legs twice, using this force to rock his body back and forth in mid-air:

"Guess."

"Guess?!"

Zhao Fusheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this answer, and then couldn't help but chuckle:
“It turned out to be intuition.”

She has a complicated mind and is good at dealing with people who have the same deep thoughts. She can almost see through the hidden thoughts of ordinary people at a glance, and rarely misses anything.

At this time, she asked the little girl directly, but she did not expect that the child's mind was simple and not as complicated as she thought.

"Fu Sheng, what happened 43 years ago?"

After Kuai Manzhou finished answering her words, he did not focus on the distracting thoughts, but directly asked about what happened 43 years ago.

She was full of curiosity about Zhao Fusheng.

When he was swinging on the swing and asking her about her past, the little ghost-controlling girl finally showed some of her childlike nature.

Zhao Fusheng smiled and said:
"I just think this time is interesting."

She was not a perfunctory person. Now that she had brought up this topic with Kuai Manzhou, she thought about it in her mind for a moment.

Since her rebirth, all kinds of things related to the Han Dynasty forty years ago have been arranged in her brain one by one. They seem to be unrelated, but they seem to be inextricably connected with each other.

"time?"

Kuai Manzhou grabbed the ghost silk on both sides with both hands, a pair of small bare feet and ankles were entwined, his body swayed, and he turned his head and asked Zhao Fusheng.

"Where to start?" Zhao Fusheng pondered for a moment:

"Let's start with the ghost case at Liu's ancestral hall in the south of Wan'an County forty years ago."

The little girl is now a member of the Demon Division in Wan'an County, and she has controlled two ghosts above the disaster level. Zhao Fusheng will also plan for her to be involved in the two major ghost incidents in Confucius Temple in the future.

After sorting out her thoughts, she said:
"Forty years ago, Liu Huacheng in the south of the city——"

She started with Liu Huacheng's murder of a criminal when he went to Beijing, which resulted in the resurrection of the evil ghost after the man's death. She mentioned that Liu Huacheng was demoted and returned to his hometown, and the headless ghost revived many years later.

"And forty-one years ago, there was a man named Wu Datong in Goutou Village, Wan'an County—"

The ghost case in Goutou Village was also told by Zhao Fusheng. After she finished speaking, she added:
"Shaochun is the survivor of the ghost case in Kotou Village."

The child swayed twice and nodded.

Her long hair was flying in the air, like seaweed flying wildly in the sea, and the tail of her hair drew a long dark shadow, wrapping her pale little face in it.

"It's all related to the paper man Zhang." After Kuai Manzhou said this, he was a little confused:

"But Fusheng, you mentioned the case from 40 years ago and the case from 41 years ago. What does this have to do with the case from 43 years ago?"

Kuai Manzhou's reaction was sharp.

She seems to be a natural talent for handling ghost cases, and she can capture the key information from Zhao Fusheng's words.

Zhao Fusheng laughed:
"Have you ever met Mrs. Meng?"

"Ah."

The little girl nodded and continued:

"What happened to her 43 years ago?"

"Her daughter Shen Yishu disappeared 43 years ago." Zhao Fusheng replied.

Kuai Manzhou, who was swinging on a swing in mid-air, was stunned for a moment.

Perhaps because she lost her mother when she was young, she seems to be particularly concerned about the relationship between mother and daughter.

The child lost the fun of swinging, and she suddenly jumped down - her small body paused in mid-air for a moment like a light butterfly, and then the figure turned into a bloody afterimage and disappeared.

When he appeared again, he was already standing in front of Zhao Fusheng.

The ghost net in mid-air spread out, turned invisible in a moment, and disappeared without a trace.

"Where did her daughter go?" She grabbed the hem of Zhao Fusheng's clothes and raised her head and asked.

"She must have been kidnapped." Zhao Fusheng replied to her.

"Is it a paper man?" Kuai Manzhou asked.

Zhao Fusheng moved his elbow away and looked down at her.

After the Kuai Liang Village massacre, Kuai Manzhou seemed to have lost interest and curiosity in everything around him.

She never talks to or plays with other people in the Demon Suppression Division. She just stays by her side. Most of the time she hides in the shadows and plays with herself. Many times she doesn't say a word to anyone all day long. explain.

At this time, she showed rare curiosity. Why?
Zhao Fusheng's mind was racing, guessing the reason for Kuai Manzhou's change, wondering if it was because of the disappearance of Po Meng's daughter.

"I don't know about this." Zhao Fusheng was thinking about something in his mind, but he said:

"But from Meng Po's narration, I suspect that this is possible. After all, the ghost case in Liu's ancestral hall is related to him, which is already very certain." When she said this, her eyes met Kuai Manzhou:
"The ghost nail that nailed your mother that day was stolen from Liu's ancestral hall by using Wu Datong's special son."

"My mother turned into a ghost—" Horizontal black lines suddenly appeared on Kuai Manzhou's pale face.

The black lines grew larger and larger, spreading around her cheeks, and soon covered her cheeks and chin, and went down vertically, along the child's neck and all the way to her limbs.

The sunlight outside the house began to be blocked, and the atmosphere in the wing suddenly dropped.

At some point, thin black threads began to float above the wing, like hanging spider threads - "Is it related to him?"

Kuai Manzhou asked quietly.

"I don't know if he has interfered in your mother's life or not." Zhao Fusheng felt a lot of pressure coming on him.

Ghost lines began to float around the roof beams, and the bloody smell gradually became thicker.

The evil spirit turned into substance and turned into an invisible pressure, shrouding her.

Zhao Fusheng's expression became cold, and her vigilance suddenly increased to the extreme. She was multitasking at the same time. Once Kuai Manzhou made a move, she immediately summoned the door god to restrain the child.

"But no one can tell the probability of the ghost's resurrection. As long as the paper man Zhang can still speak and think, he cannot be called a ghost. He does not have the power to make your mother turn into a ghost after she dies."

She stared at the child coldly, her expression gradually becoming stern:

"No matter how strong a person is, it is difficult to compete with the environment." Zhao Fusheng increased his voice and reminded Kuai Manzhou:

"External factors can only affect the process, but cannot determine the outcome. You must know that it is the villagers of Kuailiang Village who implement the family law!"

Zhao Fusheng's expression was serious:

"Although we control ghosts, we are still human beings. We have emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy. When it comes to our loved ones, we will naturally be angry. But don't be led by anger and lose your mind. Otherwise, what is the difference between us and ghosts who only know how to kill people?"

After she finished speaking, she scolded:
"Put away your ghost power. You are in the Demon Suppression Department and use my salary to listen to my words. Your duty is to handle ghost cases, not to act willfully and lose your temper when you hear something unpleasant!"

The most common child's tantrums are crying and screaming, but Kuai Manzhou's tantrums can lead to immeasurable consequences.

"I am talking to you properly now to give you dignity and respect. If you are of poor quality, I will use low-quality means to 'communicate' with you."

As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking his warning words, Kuai Manzhou was stunned for a moment, then flattened his mouth, as if he was about to cry.

She suddenly took out a small square towel from nowhere and wiped the corners of her eyes:

"Fusheng, why are you so cruel?!"

Although he said this, the tight low pressure in the room was instantly broken.

The ghost threads floating on the beam disappeared, and the bloody smell that had gradually become stronger began to dissipate.

The shadows under the eaves dispersed, and the bright sunshine shone down again.

Zhao Fusheng quietly looked at the little girl who was covering her face with a handkerchief and crying. After a while, he smiled, put the sheepskin file under his arm, and freed his two hands to pull the child's hand away.

The child's eyes were not red or swollen, and there were no tears on his face. His pale face was lined with black lines, giving him a strange and eerie feeling.

She grabbed Kuai Manzhou's face and pulled it apart:

"Fake crying!"

The child who was still pretending to cry quickly turned gloomy, suddenly slapped her hand away, a look of vigilance appeared in his eyes, and screamed:

"Leave me alone!" "I insist on taking care of it!" Zhao Fusheng was not intimidated by her, and raised his voice to drown out the child's voice:
"I don't care about you, who cares about you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl who was like a ferocious beast before was instantly stunned.

Yes, who else will take care of her now?
Kuai Manzhou's face turned even whiter. She raised her head and looked at Zhao Fusheng blankly, her eyes gradually becoming misty.

The dark lines covering her cheeks gradually faded away, and she suddenly reached out and hugged Zhao Fusheng's legs tightly:
"Fu Sheng."

She shouted softly.

Zhao Fusheng felt that the place where her cheek was against his thigh was getting wet quickly, and the child was really crying now.

"..." Zhao Fusheng let her hug her for a long time quietly, and Kuai Manzhou buried his face in her legs. After a long time, she gradually calmed down.

When Zhao Fusheng was about to say something, she suddenly said in a low voice:
"No money was sent to me."

"What?!" Zhao Fusheng's eyebrows twitched, and Kuai Manzhou raised his head.

The dark lines on her face have completely disappeared at this time, and the circles under her eyes and the tip of her nose are a little red:

"Fusheng, you haven't paid me any money. It's been more than a month. I have no salary."

"..."

……

While the two were talking, footsteps suddenly came from outside, and Fan Bisheng's somewhat uneasy voice sounded outside:

"grown ups--"

"come in."

Zhao Fusheng breathed a sigh of relief and shouted.

Fan Bisheng then entered the house, and Zheng He followed him quietly.

After the two came in, they felt something was wrong and stood to one side with their heads curled up.

Earlier when he was out in the office, a handyman reported that he heard Kuai Manzhou screaming in the archives room. Fan Bisheng was worried that Zhao Fusheng had a conflict with the little girl.

These two people are extraordinary ghost masters. If they really let go and fight, the Demon Suppressing Division will not be able to tolerate these two ancestors.

Fan Bisheng's scalp was numb and he had the courage to come here.

He was afraid that something might happen, so he temporarily pulled Zheng He, the ghost controller, along with him.

Fortunately, the two people seemed to have calmed down after entering. One big and one small stood together. Kuai Manzhou's eyes were a little red, as if he had cried...

"Kuai... ordered her to..."

Fan Bisheng asked hesitantly, and Zhao Fusheng said somewhat thankfully:
"You came just in time. Man Zhou has been with our Demon Suppression Division for some time, and she hasn't paid her salary yet!"

"???" Fan Bisheng and Zheng He looked doubtful.

They guessed many reasons for the conflict between the two, but they did not expect that Zhao Fusheng would actually mention this.

"She is making noises asking for her salary. Take her away quickly, see how much the salary of the envoys was in the past, and make up for her."

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand with some headache.

Fan Bisheng looked puzzled, but he suddenly realized that Kuai Manzhou had indeed never received a salary.

According to the rules of the Demon Suppressing Division in the past, commanders and envoys were paid monthly. Compared with the income of court officials, the income of those in the Demon Suppressing Division was much higher.

But whether they are commanders or envoys, they are all working hard. They have many means to make money, and it is impossible to really live on the monthly salary of the Demon Suppressing Division.

However, after Zhao Fusheng took over the Zhenmo Division, he changed his previous style of collecting money from the Commander-in-Chief. Naturally, those below her will follow suit.

Fan Bisheng was a little confused and thought: Is it true that Kuai Man Zhou’s salary is only distributed in accordance with the rules? Wouldn't this be too disrespectful to an 'adult' who controlled a disaster-level ghost?
Full of anxiety, he pulled Kuai Manzhou away, who became obedient after losing his temper.

Zheng He also wanted to escape.

He was forcibly dragged here by Fan Bisheng to 'stop the fight'.

To be honest, whether it was Kuai Manzhou or Zhao Fusheng, these two people were tough enemies, and he couldn't afford to offend either of them.

Zheng He began to reflect on himself, whether it was because he had been too high-profile in the past that led Fan Bisheng to think that he could also be such a 'peacemaker'.

It seems that I should keep a lower profile from now on. As the saying goes, the first thing that comes out will rot first. You can't be so public in the future.

He was about to follow Fan Bisheng and escape quietly, but before he could take a step forward, he was stopped by Zhao Fusheng:
"Zheng He, don't leave."

Zheng He was immediately frozen in place.

"Sir." He turned around with a sad face. Because of his annoyance, there were large brown spots on his face similar to those on the faces of the ghosts he commanded, making him look downcast.

"I have to leave the Demon Suppression Division for the next two days, but I have something I want you to do."

When Zheng He heard that it was not a scolding, his expression immediately brightened: "My lord, just give me orders——"

After saying that, he stroked his chest uneasily.

He was worried that Zhao Fusheng wanted him to handle the ghost case, but he didn't expect that after sealing his own evil ghost, the job would come so quickly——

While Zheng He was thinking wildly, Zhao Fusheng said:
"It has nothing to do with the ghost case. Pang Qing discussed something with me."

She gave an overview of Pang Qing's request for someone to lead a team to Yizhou to buy timber, and then said:
"I want you to take Gu Jiansheng with you and go to Yizhou together."

As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Zheng He breathed a sigh of relief visibly, and the ghost spots on his face immediately faded a lot.

He swept away his previous unlucky look and looked a little excited:
"Don't worry, sir. This matter has been left in my hands, and I will definitely handle it properly."

Zheng He made a fist with one hand and a palm with the other, and rubbed it several times.

"To tell you the truth, before I controlled ghosts, I was originally a businessman. It was a mistake that caused this ghost disaster -" he said happily:
“This time it’s time to return to my old profession.”

It would be great for Zheng He if he could not solve the ghost case.

As long as he doesn't deal with ghosts, the chance of his ghost's recovery will be later, and his survival period will be longer than expected.

For Pang Qing and others, running a business was a low-level job, but for Zheng He, it was just a matter of returning to his original profession.

Besides, he is now controlling a ghost, and no one dares to disrespect him wherever he goes.

He happily accepted the job, and with Zhao Fusheng's dismissal, he hurriedly went out to discuss with Pang Qing.

After sending everyone away, Zhao Fusheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and had time to sit down and take a good look at the three volumes of the Han Dynasty in 203.

She returned to the table, pulled out the chair, sat down, and slowly opened the file.

Zhao Fusheng was lucky. When the first file she got was opened, it read:

In late November 203 of the Han Dynasty, Wan'an County came under the jurisdiction of Changtiao Town and Fengmen Village.

Zhao Fusheng's eyes lit up, he picked up the file and read it carefully.

"...received a report from Changtiao Town that a ghost domain appeared in the local Fengmen Village..."

"I led eight envoys to Changtiao Town and entered the ghost realm..."

Zhao Fusheng's eyes moved downwards, and the record appeared again, three days later.

"Three days later, Qi Daniu, a villager in Fengmen Village, came to the village chief's home to report that something was wrong with his five-year-old daughter. Chen Hao, Li Neng... (the names of several envoys were recorded) and I rushed to Qi's house. When we arrived, we found that Qi Daniu’s daughter was missing.”

"When he left home to report the crime, he left his mother, wife and two other sons at home. According to his 11-year-old eldest son, Qi Daniu's daughter behaved strangely, and then she disappeared on the spot."

"According to the location indicated by Qi Daniu's eldest son, it was found that a small footprint was left at the location where Qi Erniu disappeared. The footprint was very shallow. After measuring it with hands, it was confirmed that the footprint was about ten inches long."

When Zhao Fusheng saw this, he thought deeply for a moment.

It has been about half a year since her rebirth. In addition to handling ghost cases, she has spent most of her time learning about ghost cases and the customs, habits and some basic knowledge of the Han Dynasty.

Combined with the memory of the original owner, she made a simple calculation in her mind and immediately realized that there was something wrong with the size of the footprints.

In the Han Dynasty, one inch was approximately equal to 2.3 centimeters, and ten inches was approximately 23 centimeters long.

If this size is converted into shoe size, it is approximately equivalent to a size 36 foot.

According to the file records, Qi Daniu’s daughter was only 5 years old at the time of the incident.

It is impossible for a five-year-old child to have such big feet. From this simple written record, Zhao Fusheng had already guessed that Qi Erniu should have died at the hands of a fierce ghost.

Ghosts are ruthless. Killings are purely out of the killing instinct of ghosts. Naturally, they cannot have mercy on the weak.

Zhao Fusheng composed himself and then looked down:

"Chen Hao knelt on the ground to inspect it and made rubbings with rice paper. He found that the footprints were glowing yellow, and there was a faint smell of blood when he smelled them."

Judging from the records in the files, the commander-in-chief who once handled the Fengmen Village ghost case was cautious in temperament and had a careful handling style. He recorded these details in the files. Even 43 years after the incident, Zhao Fusheng recorded in writing, You can still trace back the original case process, as if you can imagine the scene through the words.

Ah ah ah ah, March is over. Although I did not reach the update target yesterday, I thank you all for your support, so I will still update a small chapter today, with a total of 5K words~~~