I have a weird dynasty

Chapter 22: Driving the tiger away from the mountain
The next morning, cocks crowed and dogs barked.

Sang Que was woken up. She had a rare good night's sleep. She did not enter the underworld, nor did she have any strange dreams. Her tired spirit recovered a lot.

Sang Que lifted the thin quilt and sat up, checking the palm of his right hand again. Under the influence of his mind, the mark of the talisman money appeared, and the Gen hexagram that was almost complete was still there.

Sang Que clenched his fists, full of energy, got down from the earthen kang, moved the tables and chairs away, and practiced a set of Eight-Section Brocade in the house to stretch his muscles.

Today she had to wait for an opportunity for Yan Daozi to leave the courtyard before dark, then go to his house to get what Guichou wanted, then escape into the wild woods at the end of the village, kill another man and hang himself, then go home!
"Yu Niang."

Kou Yushan's voice was heard from outside, and Sang Que opened the door and went out.

"How did you sleep last night? Did anything happen? I brought you some food."

Kou Yushan asked Sang Que with concern, like an elder, and handed him two soft cornmeal buns.

"Nothing." Sang Que finished a steamed bun in three or two bites.

"Eat slowly. If you have nothing to do this morning, just follow me and I'll take you around the village to get familiar with it."

Kou Yushan opened the new bamboo tube in his hand and handed it to Sang Que. Inside was water that had been boiled and then cooled.

Sang Que thought about it and agreed. It was still early and she couldn't keep staring at Yan Daozi all the time. She might as well find something to do first.

Following Kou Yushan, Sang Que met the members of the Heishan Village patrol team. There were only twelve people in total, all of them were young and strong men in the village.

Their attitude towards Sang Que was indifferent, but they were afraid of Yan Daozi and gave Kou Yushan some face, and they still looked at her with vigilance.

If Kou Yushan hadn't said that Sang Que followed him in the morning, the others would have immediately expressed their dissatisfaction.

When Mingzhang was here, they were willing to let Mingzhang go with them. After all, Mingzhang had real abilities. Unfortunately, Mingzhang didn't want to, and they couldn't invite him.

When they are not working in the fields, Murakami's patrol team will split into four groups at dawn every morning, take the village's black dogs, and patrol around the outskirts of the village.

It’s not that evil spirits don’t appear during the day. There may still be unknown evil spirits in some places where the sun doesn’t shine.

In addition, there are some remains of corpses exposed in the wilderness, which may be eroded by special evil spirits, turn into zombies, and run to the vicinity of the village.

The patrol team is responsible for alerting to these dangers and protecting the safety of the villagers.

Now there is a wheat monster in the wheat fields. Kou Yushan brings a black dog, together with Shouhou and He Baosheng, and they mainly patrol the wheat fields, the wild woods and the ruined temple.

On the way to the wheat field, He Baosheng secretly gave Sang Que two wild plums, saying that He Shouan asked her to bring them to her.

The skinny monkey was unconsciously humming the nursery rhyme "Eighteen men, eighteen women" when Kou Yushan slapped him on the back of the head, interrupting him. The skinny monkey was still shouting that he didn't sing.

In the morning light, the wheat waves were undulating and golden. Sangque did not see the strange straw man that appeared at night.

woof!woof!
The black dog suddenly barked and led everyone to run towards the wheat field on the other side of the mountain. When they got nearby, Sangque saw a large area of ​​the wheat field collapsed, and in it there was a blood-red wild boar corpse.

"Don't come near." Kou Yushan protected Sang Que with his arms crossed.

The skinny monkey sighed inwardly, "If it hit a tree, I could take it back and eat it, but it hit a wheat field, I dare not touch it."

Although Sangque was far away, he could still see clearly that the wild boar's body was densely covered with layers of long wheat awns that grew out of the flesh. They were blood red in color and rose and fell as if they were alive.

Kou Yushan explained to Sang Que, "This is the wheat evil. When anything touches wheat, wheat awns will grow out of the body like needles until the person dies of pain. Even after the person dies, the wheat evil in the body will still be contagious."

The skinny monkey complained, "In previous years, the wheat ghost only appeared when the wheat was almost harvested. Ever since Yan Daozi came to Black Mountain Village, he has done very few good things, and bad things have happened one after another."

Kou Yushan and He Baosheng were patrolling the wheat fields. Sang Que took the opportunity to ask Shou Hou, "Where does Taoist Master Yan usually go?"

The skinny monkey snorted, "He cherishes his life very much. He stays in the yard every day and never comes out. In the past, Ming Zhang always ran errands for him. He will definitely send you again in the future."

Sang Que frowned. She had promised that the time would be tonight. If Yan Daozi didn't go out today, she couldn't go to his house and rob him openly.

Sang Que was absent-minded during the morning patrol. Shouhou kept chattering in her ear, but she didn't hear much.

At noon, the group returned to the village to prepare lunch. Sang Que still went to He Baosheng's house to eat. Shouhou was grateful to Kou Yushan for lending him glutinous rice, and he kept asking Kou Yushan to go to his house for dinner during this period.

"Captain, didn't you notice that your daughter Yu has been absent-minded all morning? It seems like something is wrong."

In Shouhou's home, he and his mother are the only ones who depend on each other. While he was preparing lunch, he asked Kou Yushan.

Kou Yushan squatted under the stove, stroking the flint to start the fire, "I didn't notice it. What happened to her? What did she tell you?"

The skinny monkey scratched his head, "I don't know. She always looks at Taoist Yan's yard and asks me where Taoist Yan usually goes and why he went out the last few times." Kou Yushan paused while rubbing the flint and frowned in thought. After a moment, Kou Yushan's eyes lit up slightly. He rubbed the flint, put the lit firewood into the stove, stood up and clapped his hands.

"Skinny Monkey, I won't eat. I have to go out for something. Please come and help me with something in half an hour."

"Why are you being so polite? Just say it."

……

After lunch, Sang Que returned to the Liu family yard for a nap. The sun was scorching outside and the cicadas were chirping at the top of their lungs, making her head hurt.

She was indeed a little impatient this time. She didn't expect Yan Daozi to be a homebody who never left the courtyard.

However, he always stays in one place and reduces interaction with the outside world, so he will definitely encounter fewer evil spirits. It can be considered a way of survival.

Now she wanted Yan Daozi to leave. The only way she could think of was to tell Yan Daozi that Liu Caifeng was not dead, and that she had controlled the Yin Tong to seek revenge on him, and asked him to go to the back mountain to dig up Liu Caifeng's grave.

As long as she adds some more characteristics of Yin Tong, there is still a possibility that Yan Daozi will take the bait, but he is so cunning that it will be easy for him to expose himself.

No matter what, as long as the plan succeeds and I can go home, it doesn't matter if it's exposed. I will find a way to sever my relationship with Kou Yushan and the others and not implicate them.

It is noon now when the Yang energy is the strongest. The chance of Yan Daozi going out is relatively high. The last time he followed Kou Yushan to the ruined temple to capture her was also at noon.

After making up his mind, Sang Que hung the bamboo tube containing the black dog's blood and the small bag of glutinous rice around his waist, put the book and two talismans given by Yan Daozi in his lapel, took the hatchet and went to find Yan Daozi.

If everything goes well, she'll just get what she wants and leave, never to come back.

After borrowing a piece of red cloth and a red rope from He Shouhui, Sang Que came to Yan Daozi's yard, glanced at the window on the left that was nailed shut with a wooden board, and went over to knock on the door.

knock knock!

"who?"

"I……"

"come in."

Sang Que pushed the door open and went in. Yan Daozi came out from the room on the right, wiping his hands with a wet rag.

"I...I saw..."

"Master Yan! Something terrible has happened!!"

Before Sangque could finish his words, the skinny monkey rushed in from outside, shouting, running out of breath, pointing in the direction of the barren woods with a trembling hand, and unable to utter a word for a long time.

Yan Daozi narrowed his eyes, "What's wrong?"

The skinny monkey took a few deep breaths before saying, "Something happened at the Witch Temple. The Witch Queen... is alive!"

"This is impossible!" Yan Daozi denied in shock, his eyes trembling.

Sang Que was also shocked. What a coincidence?
"If you don't believe me, go and have a look. I also saw that girl Xia Chan. There was blood and ghostly symbols all over the floor. Do you think she was offering sacrifices to the witch goddess?"

"Yes! I suddenly remembered that the He family's youngest son said that he saw the witch that night and that the witch sent her back to him. The witch must be alive again! If the evil-suppression department finds out, they will definitely punish the whole village without asking any questions. You, Taoist Yan, will not survive!"

Yan Daozi's hands trembled noticeably. Holding obscene sacrifices and worshiping evil gods were taboos in the imperial court, and there were too many examples of entire families being exterminated.

Yan Daozi glanced at the sun outside, hesitated for a moment, and then went back to his room to get the iron sword, Taoist bell, inkstone and other items.

After locking the door, Yan Daozi said to Sang Que, "You stay here. No one is allowed to come in before I come back. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Sang Que nodded sullenly with a fearful look. Yan Daozi stared at Sang Que threateningly for a moment before leaving with the skinny monkey.

"Go and pull up the two black dogs in Murakami."

"it is good!"

Sang Que followed them to the gate of the courtyard, and after making sure that they would not come back, he immediately returned to the main house and locked the door from the inside.

Turning around and looking at the house on the left with talisman paper and a lock on it, Sang Que's heart was pounding.

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