I become a god in another world

Chapter 402: The Suspicion of the Ghost Fetus
Chapter 402
Ding Datong led the two men from Changping County away, and before leaving, he also appointed a few messengers to go with him to help.

As soon as he left, Zhao Fusheng turned and looked at the Lu family.

The Lu family was also very unfortunate during this trip to Shangyang County.

They had to travel with their family because of a ghost disaster, but when the boat reached the bottom of Wenxing County, an accident happened in the middle of the night, resulting in the tragic death of Lu Zhuer, and the death of Lu Yu and his brother-in-law who were traveling with them. The two widows of the Zhou family were left crying with their heads down.

When Zhao Fusheng talked about the ghost case in Dongping Village, the Lu family did not dare to interrupt and could only sit aside and listen quietly.

Dongping Village was poor and had scarce resources. Most of the stools and other items in the village were taken away and occupied by people from the Demon Suppression Division. The boatmen and the Lu family each got two or three short stools.

When Zhao Fusheng turned around and looked over, he saw that Lu Yuhe was sitting on one of the three stools, and although Lu Pan'er was young, she also sat on one.

There was only one left for Chen's mother to sit on, and her two haggard-looking daughters stood on either side of their mother, like servants in the house.

Perhaps because of Lu Zhuer's death, Chen Duozi was in a very bad condition.

She was not originally plump and was rather thin. After experiencing the ghost disaster that night, she looked as if her spine was about to bend.

Because of standing for a long time, her pelvis tilted forward and her cervical spine protruded forward, making her look particularly listless.

But when Zhao Fusheng's eyes fell on her, she subconsciously straightened her body, turned her head to look at Zhao Fusheng, moved her lips, and shouted unconsciously:
"grown ups--"

After shouting, she felt wronged for some reason and tears started to flow.

She had been holding a grudge ever since Lu Zhuer's death. Everyone was running for their lives at the time, and she followed them in a daze. Only now did she cry out loud.

"Mrs. Chen, come here."

Zhao Fusheng waved to her.

Chen's mother, who was sitting on a stool with a gloomy face, heard Zhao Fusheng calling her daughter and subconsciously wanted to pull Chen Duozi's hand.

But when she took a look at the people from Wan'an County Demon Suppression Bureau, she didn't have the courage to go against Zhao Fusheng. In the end, she patted her right shoulder with a sullen face. Chen Laizi, who was standing next to her, quickly raised his hands and massaged his mother's shoulder obediently.

"Sir, do you want me to come here to tell you something?"

Chen Duozi came to Zhao Fusheng, forced a smile and asked.

Zhao Fusheng looked at her intently.

She was soaked all over, and her long hair, which had been tied up in a bun, was already disheveled. After being soaked by the rain, it stuck tightly to her pale face.

Chen Duozi's thick clothes were soaked with water and hung on her body, and the hem of her skirt was covered in mud.

Zhao Fusheng motioned for her to squat down, and she did so obediently. Most of the water on the edge of her skirt was immediately absorbed by the wood ash on the ground, and the color of the place where she was standing suddenly became darker.

"Do you feel better?" Zhao Fusheng asked her gently.

"I--"

Chen Duozi subconsciously wanted to nod, but as soon as the words came out, tears couldn't stop flowing.

She had been docile all her life, always trying to take care of others before speaking or doing anything, but at this moment, under Zhao Fusheng's gaze, she suddenly didn't want to nod against her will.

"My Lord, I feel it is not at all good. Pearl is dead—"

Her sudden cry fell into the ears of Chen's mother, who was originally enjoying Chen Laizi's massage with a sad face, and her face froze. She turned her head to look at her daughter who was crying bitterly.

"I entered the Lu family in my early years, and I didn't have any children for a long time. My wife was in poor health at that time, and I raised Zhu'er by myself. She is really like my own daughter..." Chen Duozi beat his chest desperately when he was sad.
"She is gone now, and my heart aches—"

When Chen's mother heard this, she made a move to get up.

Zhao Fusheng sensed Chen's mother's movements out of the corner of his eye, turned his head and glanced at her, pinning Chen's mother's movements to the spot.

When Chen Duozi talked about the sad part, she mentioned how cute Lu Zhuer was when she was young.

"I taught her how to embroider, and the first handkerchief she embroidered was for me—"

Lu Zhuer was young at that time and could not distinguish between superiors and inferiors. She regarded Chen Duozi, who was accompanying her, as her biological mother and spent many happy times with Chen Duozi.

"I had just entered the Lu Mansion at that time, and I was very scared, worried that I would be sent back home if I didn't do well."

But Lu Zhuer's dependence on her made her feel at ease and gradually helped Chen Duozi gain a firm foothold.

She lost her father at a young age and lived a very unfortunate life. Later, she had Lu Zhuer. She felt pity for her mother's serious illness and felt a sense of sympathy for the little girl, so she took good care of her.

Later, after having a son, Lu Paner, his relationship with Lu Zhuer did not become distant.

"I originally thought that I would raise Pan'er and marry Zhu'er. It didn't matter whether her future husband's family was rich or not, as long as she was by my side, it would be fine. Pan'er would be able to support the Lu family when he grew up, and he could also support his sister in the future. Who would have thought that such a disaster would happen—"

Chen Duozi cried very sadly:
"I have done nothing wrong in my life. My great grandfather was kind and virtuous in his early years. How come misfortune has befallen us? God is really unfair."

Liu Yizhen, who was standing by, heard Chen Duozi's complaints and glanced at Zhao Fusheng. He saw that she was looking at Chen Duozi steadily, with a hint of pity between her eyebrows, and was listening quietly.

While Zhao Fusheng was listening to Chen Duozi's narration, Chen's mother could no longer sit still. She pulled her younger daughter and kept glancing at Lu Yuhe standing nearby, signaling her younger daughter to find Lu Yuhe to stop Chen Duozi.

However, the Demon Suppression Division was very powerful, and Lu Yuhe dared not show up without Zhao Fusheng's order.

Chen Duozi cried for half a quarter of an hour and finally stopped crying.

After venting for a while, her expression became much better. She realized that she had lost her composure and became a little panicked:

"My Lord, I am sorry, I——"

"It's okay. If you're happy, laugh. If you're sad, cry. If you have a grudge, you have to take revenge. If you have a grievance, you have to complain. This is human nature."

Zhao Fusheng looked at her:
"Wipe your tears."

"Yeah." Chen Duozi responded meekly, and then raised his sleeve to wipe his face in response to Zhao Fusheng's words.

Kuai Manzhou leaned against Zhao Fusheng and stared at Chen Duozi with curiosity.

"I see you're soaked, and our luggage is damaged. Ask the villagers later if they have any dry clothes. You can borrow one to help yourself. Don't catch a cold at this time." As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Chen Duozi said gratefully:

"Listen to your Excellency."

"I have something else for you to do."

When Chen Duozi heard this, he hurriedly said:
"Just give your orders, sir."

"Dongping Village seems to be very poor, and there may not be much surplus food. We were caught off guard last night, and the boat was destroyed. We didn't bring any food or supplies with us, and we only managed to save our lives." Zhao Fusheng said this and looked at Chen Duozi:
"With so many of us, we can't let all the food in Dongping Village go extinct. We have to leave some seeds for them to plant next year."

"Your Excellency is right." Chen Duozi nodded again and waited for Zhao Fusheng to continue.

"After you change your clothes, I will ask Erfan to pick some people to go with you. You can also take a few boatmen with you. We will collect some money and go to the nearby villages and towns to see if we can buy some food to survive for the next few days."

After Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Zhang Chuanshi beside him immediately widened his eyes.

Fan Bisi was stunned for a moment, and instinctively turned his head to look at Chen Duozi with a thoughtful look.

Fan Wujiu is simple-minded.

He didn't want to think about many things, he just did what Zhao Fusheng told him to do.

The Lu family members looked hesitant. Mother Chen frowned, her legs trembled nervously, but she said nothing.

Chen Duozi was also stunned for a while and glanced at Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng pretended not to know:
"what happened?"

When Chen Duozi heard her say this, he lowered his head immediately:
"It's alright. I'll obey you, sir." If she had asked a few more questions, Zhao Fusheng would have dismissed her, but she was so docile that Zhao Fusheng sighed and explained:
"I have my reasons for letting you go, so go with peace of mind. Nothing will happen to you."

"I believe in you, sir." Chen Duozi said.

Mother Chen forced a smile, but anyone could see that she was unhappy.

"Okay." Zhao Fusheng naturally didn't take Chen's mother's dissatisfaction to heart.

She called Fan Bisi and asked him to ask the people in Changping County how much money they had and to gather the money together first.

After the ship wrecked, everyone had to take care of their own food and drink for the rest of the journey.

We have to at least reach Wenxing County and find the local Demon Suppression Office before we can resume supply.

Fan Bisi followed her instructions and left. Zhao Fusheng glanced at Chen Duozi and motioned for her to change her clothes as well.

She got up and left. Chen's mother, who had been eavesdropping nearby, finally could not sit still when she saw her daughter come back. She waved Chen Laizi's hand away with a cold face and quickly grabbed Chen Duozi.

The mother and daughter walked into the village at the same time. When they reached a secluded place, Chen's mother began to teach them a lesson.

"...Lu Zhu'er wasn't born from your belly, why are you crying to adults? You are such a loser—"

"Besides, the Lu family already has a wife. How can you say in front of the son-in-law that Lu Zhu'er is your biological daughter?"

"It's very rude to cry in front of adults--"

"Don't do this next time—"

Every time she taught him a lesson, she would hear Chen Duozi respond meekly:

"Got it, mother."

Chen's mother was still not satisfied:

"Also, don't be so stupid. Just do whatever she asks you to do."

She muttered unhappily:

"There's something strange about the rain outside. Everyone knows there's a ghost. Why didn't they call so many people from the Demon Suppression Division, but instead asked you, a woman, to do this—"

Chen Duozi explained weakly:
"There must be a reason why the adults did this, please stop talking."

"Why don't you tell me? What if you encounter a ghost?" said Chen's mother.

"He is accompanied by two envoys." Chen Duozi said in a low voice.

"If something goes wrong, who knows whether the envoy can be trusted?" Chen's mother disagreed:
"It would be safer to let the Demon Suppression Division go."

"It's okay, mother. If there really were ghosts, we would have encountered them along the way." Chen Duozi said again.

"..." After she finished speaking, the conversation paused for a while.

The mother and daughter had already walked to a remote corner, and Zhao Fusheng could not see them. However, through the pauses in this brief conversation, she could feel the long-lasting depression that Chen's mother's words brought to Chen Duozi.

After a while, Chen Duozi couldn't stand it anymore and shouted again in a low voice:
"mother--"

"Don't call me!" Chen's mother scolded impatiently:
"You've grown up, and you have your own ideas. If I say two things to you, you'll talk back ten times. I gave birth to you and raised you—"

"Mom, I was wrong, don't be angry."

She coaxed:
"I'll go to town and buy some rice and flour so I can make your favorite fish noodle dish for you, okay?"

Mother Chen said coldly:
"up to you!"

……

The mother and daughter were still talking in low voices, with Chen Laizi's voice coaxing his mother in between.

A few people went into the village, and the sound gradually became quieter, and then it could no longer be heard.

Except for ordinary people whose five senses are slightly weaker and who did not hear the whispering of the mother and daughter, Meng Po and other ghost riders all had sharp ears and eyes and heard these conversations particularly clearly.

Meng Po looked back at Zhao Fusheng with pity on her face:

"This Madam Lu has a really miserable life."

"..." Zhao Fusheng hesitated to speak.

Facing the bloody and ferocious evil ghosts, Zhao Fusheng had the List of Gods and Hell. She was not afraid of the evil ghosts, and could deal with sinister and vicious people like Paper Man Zhang. But she was helpless in the situation of Chen's mother and daughter.

"Forget it, I'll go help light the fire. Luckily I brought some medicinal herbs with me when the ship sank."

After sighing about Chen Duozi's miserable life, Meng Po also knew that such a situation could not be solved by outsiders. She immediately patted her clothes, looked at the ghost stove summoned by Wu Shaochun, and her mind moved.

"Xiao Zhang——"

She called out to Zhang Chuanshi who was standing beside her:
"Come and help me, I'll make the medicine later and you can try again."

Zhang Chuanshi’s current situation is strange.

Ever since he drank the soup made by Meng Po and was reborn from the dead in the Shilipu ghost case, he hasn't looked quite right.

Having experienced a ghost disaster last night, his forehead looked black and he lay on the ground looking more like a dead person than a living person.

In the past, no matter how he drank the medicine prepared by Meng Po, he never felt angry at all.

Seeing the ghost stove summoned by Wu Shaochun, Meng Po started to think: since the medicine boiled on an ordinary stove is not suitable for the disease, what will happen if the medicine is boiled on the ghost stove?
"I, I——" Zhang Chuanshi had been rowing for a long time and thought he could finally take a break. But when he heard Meng Po calling him to work and take medicine after finishing the work, he immediately resisted:

"Can you change someone else?"

"Xiao Zhang, you are so young, don't be so lazy." Meng Po shook her head.

She has been using more strange powers recently, and although the tone and demeanor of her voice remain the same as before, there is a bit more momentum in her voice that makes Zhang Chuanshi dare not disobey.

He looked at Zhao Fusheng with a sad face:

"grown ups--"

"Go." Zhao Fusheng waved at him. He had nowhere to turn for help, so Meng Po pulled him over.

After these people left, Liu Yizhen grabbed the coffin and sat closer:

"Fusheng, do you think there's something strange about Chen Duozi?"

He listened for a while, and although he didn't say anything at the time, he saw everything.

Zhao Fusheng is clear about gratitude and resentment, and he is not a mean person.

Logically speaking, there is still a ghost disaster in Dongping Village. Even if she has something else to do at this time, she should not involve an ordinary person like Chen Duozi in such a dangerous situation.

At this time, she specifically instructed Chen Duozi to be the comprador for the trip, and also specified that the Fan brothers should accompany her.

Everyone in Wan'an County knew the origins of the Fan brothers, and their births were suspected to be related to the ghost fetus case.

Liu Yizhen simply asked his doubts directly:
"Do you think Chen Duozi is involved in the ghost fetus case?"

Ahhhh, I'm so tired. The rhythm is short and I've adjusted~~~Ahhh~~~