I become a god in another world

Chapter 417 How to choose
Chapter 417

Zhao Fusheng said:

"If you want to enter the city, we will go together. It is up to you to decide whether to leave or stay. If you do not want to enter the city—"

Having said that, Zhao Fusheng's gaze fell on Chen Duozi and he couldn't help but frowned.

She is now like a time bomb.

She was controlling a ghost, but she was unaware of it. Once the evil ghost revived, it would be an extremely difficult problem.

However, there are quite a few survivors including the Lu family and the boatmen. After the incident in Wenxing County, it has become a ghost town and ordinary people who follow in can easily lose their lives.

She had no choice but to tell Chen Duozi about the current situation and let her make her own choice.

After listening to her explanation, Chen Duozi couldn't help feeling flattered.

However, she was used to being cowardly. Although she was happy about Zhao Fusheng's extra attention to her, she actually turned to look at her husband and mother.

"Then we won't enter the city." Upon hearing this, Chen's mother said quickly:

"Something has happened in the city. We will die if we enter the city. Why don't we ask you to assign a few ghost masters to take us back?"

When Chen Duozi heard this, his cheeks flushed with shame and he shouted:
"mother--"

"Don't talk."

Mother Chen said unhappily:
"Zhu'er has already met with an accident, so the verbal engagement with Master Zang is naturally invalid. What are we going to Wenxing County for?"

Lu Yuhe also nodded gloomily.

Zhang Chuanshi rolled his eyes several times, just looked at Chen Duozi, snorted a few times, and held back his unhappiness without saying anything.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"We have no manpower to spare. If you do not enter the city, you will have to leave on your own."

"On your own..." Mother Chen was stunned for a moment. After realizing what Zhao Fusheng meant, she nodded in panic:

"No, no, no, how dare we leave on our own?"

What happened along the way had already overturned her original understanding, especially the ghost cases in the past two nights, which allowed her to witness the appearance of evil spirits with her own eyes, making Chen's mother even more afraid of this world.

Only by staying with the Demon Suppression Division and having their protection would she feel somewhat at ease. She did not have the courage to leave alone.

"There are ghosts everywhere here. I'll have to trouble you to escort me."

As soon as Chen's mother finished speaking, Zhang Chuanshi finally couldn't stand it anymore:
"Who are you to be escorted by an adult?"

"I..." Chen's mother was embarrassed and awkward. She was scolded by Zhang Chuanshi and felt scared. She immediately looked at her son-in-law.

But in front of the Demon Suppression Division, Lu Yuhe's status was low, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Until Chen's mother lost her temper and shouted again:
"Uncle——"

Lu Yuhe then said:

"We naturally dare not trouble you, sir, but we are originally from Changping County, and you have also said that accepting taxes——"

Even if he had ten times the courage, he would not dare to mention these words to the people from the Demon Suppression Division.

But the Lu family had been with Zhao Fusheng for nearly a month, so they had some understanding of Zhao Fusheng's behavior. At this time, they bravely said:
"Please, sir—"

"Then what did you tell me?" Zhao Fusheng interrupted him without any courtesy, not giving him any face at all, and said with a smile:
"I'm not the general of Changping County. Go talk to Ding Datong."

Lu Yuhe's face turned pale instantly.

Ding Datong's temper is not as gentle as Zhao Fusheng's. If you make him angry, you will probably suffer.

Zhao Fusheng was too lazy to say any more to the Lu family and turned to walk to the other side.

Zhang Chuanshi, Meng Po and Wu Shaochun followed quickly.

Hu Rong, Tao Lifang and others from Changping County stared at the Lu family with a sneer, making the Lu family tremble with fear.

Everyone followed Zhao Fusheng and left, leaving the Lu family behind. The surviving boatman followed closely and asked the Lu family in a low voice:
"What's going on? What should we do next?"

……

On the other side, after Zhao Fusheng left, the gloomy look on his face quickly disappeared.

The unpleasant communication with the Lu family did not leave any ripples in her heart. She said to everyone:

"The situation in Wenxing County is urgent. We will only stay here for half an hour."

During this period, Ding Datong and others looked for firewood to make a fire in order to prevent the living from getting hypothermia.

She said to Wu Shaochun:

"Shaochun, you should also set up the ghost stove immediately. Meng Po needs to cook a few bowls of soup first—"

Upon hearing this, Fan Wujiu immediately said:
"Is there a ghost here?"

"It's for cows and mules to drink!"

Zhao Fusheng sighed:
"Those footprints on the ground are the marking law of ghosts. These livestock are marked by the law. I think there is an impact."

There was an obvious aura of death on Qingniu's body.

She had observed on the road that after entering Hejia Village, Qian Fa was uneasy and distracted while traveling, and didn't pay much attention. However, the blue ox was heading towards the county town, as if someone was guiding it.

After entering the ghost realm, Qian was terrified and wanted to stop the cow, but the cow was no longer under his control and kept moving forward. It was not until Wu Shaochun used the power of a ghost to control it that the cow was forced to stop.

"We borrowed cows and mules when we were in Huangma Town. We thought we could return them to their original owners after entering the city. Now, we may have to pay for them later."

She shook her head:
"Money comes second, but after the incident in Wenxing County, we need ox-drawn carts to continue to Shangyang County."

"Sir, do you want to feed the cow Mengpo soup, just like you fed the ghost horse soup at Shilipu that day?" Zhang Chuanshi reacted and asked.

"Yes." Zhao Fusheng nodded:

"The Green Ox is not a real resurrected evil spirit. Once Meng Po's soup is fed to it, it might disrupt the evil spirit's rules for marking living things."

Anyway, she didn't know whether it would work or not, so she decided to give it a try.

While they were discussing, the Lu family members were also discussing in low voices on the other side.

Everyone was undecided.

Chen Duozi held Lu Paner's hand and turned to look at Zhao Fusheng frequently.

Among the Lu family, she is Lu Yuhe's second wife, but she is not taken seriously by everyone and is always the one who keeps her head down and does her work at home.

But Zhao Fusheng had given her enough face before, which made her feel uneasy.

"We're standing anyway, I'll go ask the adults if there is any other way." She thought for a while, suddenly let go of her son's hand and said.

Her words stunned the other members of the Lu family.

Mother Chen reacted and said subconsciously:
"Why would you ask——"

Chen Duozi had heard such words countless times in his life, but they sounded particularly harsh at this moment.

"Mother, why shouldn't I ask? The master just asked me."

After she finished speaking, she knew that her mother would not be able to say anything nice, so without waiting for Chen's mother to speak, she turned around and strode towards the Demon Suppression Division.

Behind her, Chen's mother shouted:
"Many children, many children——"

After calling her twice and not seeing her turn around, Chen's mother complained:
"What's the point of her going? Really, Pan'er doesn't care anymore—"

Chen Duozi didn't know how she felt, and she quickly walked to Zhao Fusheng's side.

The people from the Demon Suppression Division had cleared a space. The damaged vehicles were dismantled by the Fan brothers and others and used as pads on the ground. Everyone sat here to rest for a while.

Wu Shaochun summoned the ghost stove, and Meng Po opened the water bag and started to boil soup.

When Chen Duozi came over, everyone was busy and having fun.

Her initial courage was gone, and her cowardly character that she had developed over decades took over again. She tried to retreat back to the Lu family and wait for others to make a decision.

At this moment, Meng Po, who was boiling soup, saw her and shouted:
"Mrs. Chen is here."

In fact, Zhao Fusheng had seen Chen Duozi coming a long time ago. She did not say anything, but watched Chen Duozi hesitate for a moment. It was Meng Po's relenting heart that broke the deadlock.

"grown ups."

When Chen Duozi saw everyone turning their heads, although he was a little scared, he felt inexplicably relieved.

Only then did she loosen her clenched hands and walked towards Zhao Fusheng, lifting her skirt.

"Your Excellency has not finished what you just said." Chen Duozi said cautiously.

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"Just sit down and talk."

There was no impatience or scolding in her attitude, which made Chen Duozi feel relieved.

Chen Duozi obediently walked to Zhao Fusheng's side and knelt down carefully:

"Your Excellency just mentioned what happened in the city--"

"What do you think?" Zhao Fusheng interrupted her and asked.

Chen Duozi said:
"I don't know either--"

“I can’t help but know that.”

Zhao Fusheng shook his head: "Time is urgent. We will set out to enter the county in half an hour at most. You will have to decide whether to advance or retreat."

"..." Chen Duozi was a little flustered, and she wanted to turn around to look at her husband's face.

But the moment she turned around, her husband's worried face and her mother's anxious and dissatisfied expression appeared in her mind. She was possessed by some strange impulse:

"Are you planning to enter Shangyang County?"

"Yes, Wenxing County is just a place we pass through on our way. Our ultimate goal is to go to Shangyang County." Although time was urgent, Zhao Fusheng showed rare patience when chatting with Chen Duozi.

She had a feeling that this always timid woman might bring her some unexpected surprises.

"We were originally planning to come to Wenxing County, but your Excellency is right, something happened in Wenxing County, and we don't know whether Master Zang and his family are still here—" Chen Duozi was so confused that she said a few random words.

But these were not what she really wanted to ask. She paused halfway through her sentence and then asked:

"My Lord, why do you ask me these questions?"

After she asked this question, the pressure in her heart suddenly eased.

Zhao Fusheng smiled:

"I should have explained this matter to you clearly, but time is tight, so I'll make it short." She paused and continued:
"You should also understand the purpose of our visit to Beijing this time."

The Lu family was originally kept in the dark about the actions of the Demon Suppression Division, but after all, they had been traveling together for more than a month.

During this period, Chen Duozi and Meng Po had friendly exchanges. It seemed that she knew that Zhao Fusheng and others were escorting something important to the imperial capital, and made an appointment to meet with the visitors from the capital in Shangyang County.

After Chen Duozi finished speaking, Zhao Fusheng said:
"It's not an item. What we sent to the capital this time is a sealed ghost."

Chen Duozi's expression changed slightly, and Zhao Fusheng said again:
"After the incident on the boat the night before yesterday, the ghost revived, escaped from the seal, and is now missing."

Having said that, she changed the subject and looked at Chen Duozi:
"You know who we are, right?"

Chen Duozi nodded in astonishment:

"The adults from the Demon Suppression Department—"

Zhao Fusheng did not correct her words, but added:
"Besides that, we are also ghost riders."

The ghost rider coexists with ghosts and uses the power of ghosts to suppress evil spirits.

"The evil spirit that revived the night before yesterday has chosen to parasitize a human." Zhao Fusheng said this and looked at Chen Duozi.

Chen Duozi's heart trembled violently.

"There are two possibilities for being chosen by a ghost."

One is to die from a ghost disaster, the other is to control evil spirits.

"Then, then I - Your Excellency means, I, my body -" Chen Duozi stammered:

"Is there a ghost in me?"

"Ghosts are full of resentment and evil spirit." Zhao Fusheng sighed.

This baby ghost was extremely ferocious after possessing a body. Most of the nuns in Guangci Temple in Fengning County and the ghost riders and messengers in the Demon Suppression Bureau died as soon as they came into contact with the ghost.

But Chen Duozi did not die.

"I later speculated that there were two reasons."

Chen Duozi never expected that she would hear such news. She said anxiously:
"What two reasons?"

"It was a chaotic time, when the ghost disaster broke out, and Lu Zhuer happened to be revived as a ghost." When Zhao Fusheng mentioned Lu Zhuer, Chen Duozi was stunned.

Her eyes became wet and she looked sad.

"Lu Zhu'er had feelings for you. When she died, she accidentally prevented the ghost fetus from reviving."

It happened that Chen Duozi was also worried about his stepdaughter at the time, so he followed Lu Zhuer without fear of life or death. This actually helped him to use another ghost to suppress another, creating a clever situation and avoiding the fate of becoming a ghost fetus.

"Zhu'er--" Chen Duozi burst into tears when she recalled the scene at that time.

"Secondly, you and the evil spirit have something in common, so after the power of the evil spirit is suppressed, you can successfully control the evil spirit."

After Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, he gave Chen Duozi a moment to receive the information.

After a while, she said:
"According to the rules, the ghost in you should be handed over to the court. After you control it, I should keep you by my side."

After controlling a ghost, ordinary people will quickly be affected by the ghost and their temperament will change drastically. While they have powerful strength, they also have to find a way to suppress it, otherwise the ghost will hurt themselves.

If the power of an evil ghost is used without restraint, the ghost rider will soon lose his life after the evil ghost revives.

"But you know the current situation. Something happened in Wenxing County, and I can't take care of you. If you choose to leave, you can take the Lu family away first."

Zhao Fusheng said:

"You are a ghost tamer, and the evil ghosts you tamer are quite powerful. It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on God."

She glanced at Chen Duozi, who was in a daze:

"If you choose to leave, I can put a ghost mark on you to help you suppress the evil spirit. Afterwards, you can start from another road and reach a safe place. We can meet in the imperial capital later, and I will find a way to solve the evil spirit problem for you."

This news had a huge impact on Chen Duozi. She was so confused that she didn't know how to respond to Zhao Fusheng for a while.

Seeing that she was at a loss, Zhao Fusheng simply said:

"You can go back and think about it, but you have to tell me in half an hour."

Chen Duozi has never had her own opinion. When such a big thing happened, she was unable to make a decision. When she heard that Zhao Fusheng was making the decision for her, she was relieved and even felt a little grateful:

"Yes."

Zhao Fusheng waved his hand, signaling her to leave first.