I become a god in another world

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Chapter 405
At first, the people in Huangma Town didn't take it seriously.

How often do people not die these days? The town is located by the water, and many nearby villages and towns are close to the Bailing River, where people drown every year.

But as the dead came back and families died tragically one after another, gradually by July and August, rumors began to spread.

People say that Huangma Town is haunted.

The people in the town were in a panic for a while. Those families with better off heard the news in advance and hurriedly moved their families to the nearby Wenxing County.

"When we entered the town, nine out of ten houses were empty. Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, so there are not many people in the town. I reported the name of the Demon Suppression Division and found people from the local government office for help, and I was able to gather these things together."

After Fan Bisi finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng nodded and praised:
"You did the right thing."

The reason why she let the Fan brothers and Chen Duozi go together was because Fan Bisi was flexible and did not stick to the rules. He always did the right thing at the right time.

After Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, he asked about the situation in the town:

"What is the current situation in Huangma Town?"

"Not very good."

Fan Bisi shook his head:
"The rain didn't reach the town."

The rain covered several villages near Dongping Village, and gradually expanded outward over time. However, the town was some distance away from Dongping Village and was not affected for the time being.

"But it's almost here," he said.

"Huangma Town is not big, about the size of the area from Confucius Temple to the dock in Wan'an County. The distance from the town to the rain is about half a mile."

After the group entered the town, a strange sight appeared: the sky seemed to be split into two, becoming two distinct colors.

Half of the sky was covered with dark clouds, the sky was gloomy and drizzling; while the other half was relatively clear, but there was no sunshine, and it seemed like it would be invaded by dark clouds at any time.

"Rumors of the ghost disaster have spread, and the town has made preparations. A high wall has been built outside the town, and someone is building a thatched roof on top."

Fan Bisi said helplessly:
"There are good farmlands outside the town, but they have been abandoned. The crops in the fields have been harvested, and the remaining wheat straw has also been cut away—"

If the ghost disaster spreads in the future, the cut wheat straw can also be used as stored food.

If there were no people from the Demon Suppression Bureau to clean up the mess, these actions of Huangma Town would only delay the time of death.

Being trapped in the town without water or food, you will die sooner or later.

When Fan Bisi and his companions entered the town, they almost aroused public outrage. When the townspeople saw them coming out of the rain, they began to want to kill them before even asking them which village they were from.

At this time Fan Bi Si revealed his identity in time, and with the presence of Kuai Manzhou, the evil ghost's power was unleashed to suppress the people in the town, and everyone was able to enter the town smoothly.

Upon learning that the Demon Suppression Division's men were coming, the townspeople were extremely excited, and were all shouting "We're saved."

After learning about the purpose of Fan Bisi's group's visit, the town spontaneously began to collect food. At first, they didn't want to collect money. Instead, in addition to collecting food and vegetables, the town also wanted to collect some money to pay protection fees...

Fan Bisi was a strong man, and he felt a little sorry for them when he saw a group of skinny people taking out the food they had stored in their homes.

"Sir..." He sighed:
"This ghost case is really weird."

"The ghost case started in March. It has been seven or eight months now. How dare the people in this town not report it to the Demon Suppression Department?"

Zhao Fusheng asked.

Whether the Demon Suppression Division will take the case is one thing, but whether the people in Huangma Town will report it is another.

Fan Bi died and said:
"As early as June this year, the mayor of Huangma Town packed up his belongings and fled to Wenxing County with his family after learning that it had rained in several nearby villages, and that people had died and ghosts were haunting them."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who heard it was silent for a moment.

Everyone is afraid of ghost disasters and death, so there is nothing wrong with the mayor of Huangma Town doing this.

But when he escaped, he left behind a huge mess.

Without the mayor to supervise the town, ordinary citizens will suffer.

Man-made disasters may appear earlier than ghost disasters.

Zhao Fusheng didn't want to think about this result, so he asked again:
"What about the rest of the town? Didn't they report this to the county?"

Fan Bisi said again:
"Huangma Town is more than a hundred miles away from Wenxing County. The road is difficult to travel. When the mayor fled, he took the town's carriage with him."

Just then, Li Dongping came in from outside.

He was barefoot, with his trouser legs rolled up to his ankles. His feet were covered in thick mud, and as soon as he entered the village and stepped into the wood ash, his feet were covered in it.

The mud above was covered with wood ash, forming a thick shell that wrapped around his feet.

Wherever Li Dongping walked, shallow footprints were left on the ground.

"You still have to pay—"

Before he went out, he wore a straw hat and a raincoat, but his body was also soaked by the rain. After entering the door, he first scooped up the wet ashes and threw them outside the door. At the same time, he sat on the threshold and grabbed the mud off his feet, and then threw it out.

When Li Dongping spoke, Zhao Fusheng turned his head to look at him.

The young man sat on the high threshold. The two doors were flashing with blood and the mark of the door god was emitting a ghostly light, but he seemed not afraid at all.

Under the ghostly light, the wet footprints left by several people returning from outside were quickly smoothed out.

After cleaning his feet, the boy wiped his dirty hands on his wet clothes nonchalantly.

"What money?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

Li Dongping said:

"The county has a clearly marked price for hiring someone to exorcise a ghost—"

After he finished speaking, his voice immediately became quieter, and he seemed a little at a loss.

The people of Huangma Town are too poor. Even if they were squeezed dry, they could not invite the Demon Suppression Division to come.

The people in the town knew this very well, so when a ghost case broke out, many people would rather stay where they were than report it to the police, fearing that the ghost would not come and someone from the Demon Suppression Bureau would come instead, and they would die earlier.

"..."

Ding Datong and Zhao Fusheng looked at each other, both speechless.

This is the difference between a general in a county being crazy or not.

In Changping County, although there were often ghost disasters in the area, the people generally lived a decent life.

The general of Shangyang County was exiled here in disguise and had already gone mad. His behavior was undoubtedly sucking the marrow out of the people.

Zhao Fusheng frowned and was too lazy to talk about this topic anymore.

She turned to look at Fan Bisi:
"It has been more than half a year since the ghost disaster happened. After you entered the town, have you inquired about how many people died in Huangma Town?"

Fan Bisi met her gaze and immediately understood what she meant.

"I asked."

he whispered.

Everyone who heard this was startled.

Fan Bi died and said:
"There are 14 villages under the jurisdiction of Huangma Town, and most of them are located along the river like Dongping Village."

"Living along the river——"

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, his heart sank.

This time, the ghost disaster caused people to drown in the river. Later, the evil ghosts revived and went home to knock on the doors. The families who were called were wiped out, just like a plague spreading to the village, over and over again.

It was already unfortunate that Huangma Town had encountered such a ghost disaster, and the fact that everyone in the town lived near water increased the probability of death for the villagers.

"I can't find out exactly how many people died."

Fan Bisi said in a dilemma:
"The town is in chaos, with no leader."

At this point, he paused.

Zhao Fusheng also understood what he meant.

Even if the mayor of Huangma Town didn't run away, there would be no way to investigate this matter. After the haunting, everyone was hiding as much as possible, so how could they dare to investigate how many people died?
Ding Datong, in particular, has a deep understanding of this. Even if the superiors force their subordinates to investigate, most of the data will be fabricated if there is no benefit.

“So I asked around and found out that out of 14 villages, maybe six are still good now.”

This means that 8 villages have fallen into the ghost zone.

"The initial ghost disaster broke out in Dongping Village. After I entered the town, I went to the town and looked through the town's household registration."

For the townspeople, household registration is the least important thing in the chaos and remains relatively intact.

"The last household registration survey was seven years ago, and Dongpingbiao recorded a total of 684 people on the register."

This time is relatively not too long ago, and although it is not completely reliable, as the only clue currently available, this data does have a certain reference value.

"In seven years, even if there have been increases and decreases in personnel, the number is not too large, which is consistent with the 'big village' mentioned by Dongping."

Zhao Fusheng said this and waved to the young man:
"Li Dongping, come here."

When the boy heard her call, he ran over happily:
"Sir, if you have anything to say, just give me your orders."

"You've also heard what Da Fan mentioned just now. Seven years ago, a household registration survey of Dongping Village recorded a total of 684 people. Is this number accurate?" Zhao Fusheng asked.

The young man said:

"We are close to water, and when the weather is good, we have a lot of harvest, so everyone is happy to move here. But if the weather is bad and there is a lot of rain, it is easy to get flooded, and many people will flee."

He explained the situation and finally said:
"Although there are more than 600 people, we are also a big village, with to people——"

Ding Datong was stunned by the difference in numbers. Seeing his surprised expression, the young man explained:

"It's for collecting taxes—"

The tax in Huangma Town is distributed equally on a per capita basis. The tax collected from 400 people is completely different from that from more than 600 people, and the amount allocated to each person is also different.

Ding Datong immediately understood what he meant and couldn't help but secretly glance at Zhao Fusheng.

Zhao Fusheng sighed:
"I understand. Now the village——"

"All dead."

The young man mentioned the dead, his expression somewhat calm:
"There are only so many of us left. If the adults don't come, we don't know how long we can survive."

Hearing this, Zhao Fusheng's expression became a little serious.

"My lord, this situation is not right."

Wu Shaochun said in a low voice.

Ding Datong and others also nodded.

Zhao Fusheng knew the seriousness of it without his reminder.

"What's wrong?" Fan Wujiu, who came in later, listened for a while but couldn't figure out what was going on, so he had to ask his brother in a low voice.

Fan Bisi explained:
"Since the ghost disaster, so many people have died in Dongping Village—"

Logically speaking, evil ghosts advance in rank by killing people.

Over a period of more than half a year, the ghost case affected eight villages and towns, and countless people died.

Even though the evil ghost was of a lower rank when it revived, it had been killed for so long that it had already become powerful, at least reaching the disaster level.

However, as soon as Zhao Fusheng entered Dongping Village, he was branded as a door god.

The arrival of the crowd triggered the evil spirit's killing rules, brought "water" into the village, and attracted ghost disasters, and was stopped by the door gods one after another.

However, these evil spirits are not powerful enough and cannot even reach the level of evil spirits, which is obviously not proportional to the number of people they have killed.

Zhao Fusheng suspected that there was something fishy going on.

"We can't stay in Dongping Village for two days." She made the decision immediately!

If something is abnormal, it is a monster.

"My Lord, are you leaving Dongping Village?!"

The boy was horrified, and the other villagers who heard it also felt a little desperate.

Wu Shaochun, Liu Yizhen and Ding Datong were a little surprised at first at Zhao Fusheng's decision, but after thinking about it carefully, they seemed to vaguely understand the meaning of her words.

Fan Bishi said:

"Do you think the real source of the evil spirits is not in the village?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Datong immediately looked at him differently.

After being on the same ship for nearly a month, Ding Datong was trying to please the people in Wan'an County. He already knew that the twin brothers did not have the ability to control ghosts.

The two brothers had worked with Zhao Fusheng on ghost cases before. They were able to safely get in and out of several ghost disasters as ordinary people. In addition to Zhao Fusheng's own extraordinary abilities, the two brothers would have been in trouble if they had not been more careful.

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"This situation is not right. Judging from the number of deaths in Dongping Village, the ghost case should have been upgraded to a higher level long ago. However, the ghosts that are actually causing trouble in the village are not of high rank. At most, they are vicious and evil."

However, there are endless ghosts, and there are quite a lot of them, which are very strange.

"Before the incident, Li Dongping mentioned that Wenxing County had sent people to collect taxes, and later said that if you dare not pay, you will get into trouble—" Zhao Fusheng frowned:

"I plan to go into the county to see what the situation is."

"But - but our village -" Li Dongping was a little anxious.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"Don't worry, we will solve the ghost disaster here before we leave."

Hu Rong and Tao Li looked at each other.

Zhao Fusheng's strength was beyond doubt after the Paper Man Zhang caused chaos on the ship.

But no matter how strong she is, she can't stop an ant from biting an elephant.

When the number of ghosts increases, even a ghost rider will have to flee in panic.

Everyone in Wan'an County had great confidence in her. After hearing what she said, no one questioned her and they just nodded.

Meng Po asked:
"When will you take action, sir?"

"tonight."

Zhao Fusheng said:

"Everyone take a rest during the day, and I will treat everyone to a 'good show' in the evening!"

When she said this, Ding Datong and others immediately remembered the existence of the ghost troupe.

Zhong Yao shuddered involuntarily when she thought of the strange appeal of the ghost troupe.

In this strange ghost case, the rules of the ghost troupe are just right to restrain the rules of the evil ghost.

"But..." Ding Datong thought of a problem and glanced at Zhao Fusheng secretly. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should express his concerns.

"Huh?" Zhao Fusheng turned to look at him.

Ding Datong whispered:
"Sir, the number of ghosts here is unknown."

"I know."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

Ding Datong wanted to say something but stopped himself. However, when he saw Zhao Fusheng's determined expression, as if he was very sure about the matter, he suppressed the worries in his heart.

Although the matter was no longer mentioned, Ding Datong thought to himself: I must discuss this with Tao Lifang and others later. If there are too many revived evil spirits in Dongping Village and the ghost troupe gets out of control, everyone will help suppress the evil spirits.

Otherwise, although Zhao Fusheng controlled a powerful evil ghost, the more power the ghost used, the greater the chance of losing control. If something happened to her, the problem would be even more serious.

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