Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 164

Yesterday, the forests of the Liu family suddenly withered, and almost everyone in Hangzhou knew about it.

Originally, it was not far from the city of Hangzhou, and many interested people ran to watch it. Standing on a high place, people could see that the trees in that mountain forest had turned into a withered yellow color, which was in stark contrast to the surrounding lush trees.

Not only the people of Hangzhou came to watch the excitement, but even Lin Zhifu and Li Tongpan from the Hangzhou government came here with a group of servants.

The two stood on a high cliff overlooking the mountains, Li Tongpan frowned, and said to the prefect Lin next to him: "I have sent experienced yamen servants in to check, and these trees are indeed all dead, and it makes people feel that they are dead. Surprisingly, these trees are not just dead, but the trunks are already decayed, it doesn't look like they just died, they look like rotten wood that has been dead for more than ten years."

"And you see."

Li Tongpan pointed to the distance, "Looking from a high place, you will find that the withered forest is very regular, and it is a very standard circle. This situation is simply too weird."

Lynch naturally saw the withered forest in the distance, and asked in a deep voice, "Is it possible that it was caused by humans?"

Li Tongpan shook his head, "Impossible, manpower cannot do it."

"I have already sent people to investigate. Many people entered the mountain yesterday. At that time, the trees in the forest were still in good condition, and there was no difference from the surrounding trees and forests. Someone found that the forest was withered this morning. Obviously , It became like this overnight."

"Look at this withered mountain forest, which occupies several hills. I can't think of anyone who has such a great ability to destroy so many trees. Besides, there are only logs in the forest, and there is no sign of these logs being lost."

Lynch nodded. He also looked at the wood brought back by the yamen servants just now, and found that it was indeed rotten, and it was absolutely impossible to do this manually.

Moreover, these logs were not destroyed by the forest fire. There was no fire at all last night, and the forest did not show signs of fire. These logs are more like decayed after years of corrosion, and there is something weird in it.

Could it be God's punishment!

The Hangzhou government government did not find out the results, and there were more rumors in Hangzhou City.

In the teahouse, people chatted quietly, and a middle-aged man said: "I see, this is made by Grandpa Mountain God. The Liu family must have offended Grandpa Mountain God. Grandpa Mountain God got angry and directly destroyed their family's foundation."

A man said: "Maybe it's someone who did something outrageous. Maybe it's a warning from God. I hope it doesn't involve us."

An elderly person said: "It's an outrageous thing. I just remembered one thing. Do any of you still remember Wu Yanniang, the courtesan of Hangzhou more than ten years ago."

"Ah, you said that Wu Yanniang who followed Liu Yuan." Someone said in surprise.

The man said: "Yes, Wu Yanniang was also one of the famous courtesans in Hangzhou back then. Liu Yuan was also very talented and high-spirited back then. He had already passed the Juren examination. Later, he provoked Wu Yanniang and took Wu Yanniang into the house. However, the wife of the Liu family is jealous, so it is not allowed Wu Yanniang entered the house."

"Liu Yuan raised Wu Yanniang as a concubine. Later, Wu Yanniang became pregnant, and when she was four or five months old, she was suddenly found dead by the side of the mountain forest path, and her personal maid was also dead. At that time, the Liu family reported that she was going out. When encountering a ferocious beast, it was buried hastily. Wasn’t the place where Wu Yanniang died was the forest of the Liu family.”

At this time, someone echoed: "When you say that, I also think of this past event. It was really strange back then. It doesn't make sense for a pregnant woman to take a maid to the mountains to do something, but The Liu family is very powerful, maybe" the man said and stopped talking here, and did not continue.

At this time, someone said sadly: "Perhaps, even Wu Yanniang's ghost came to collect debts."

Everyone heard that they felt cold.

In the beginning, people only speculated that someone had destroyed the forest of the Liu family. Later, the rumors became more and more chaotic, revealing all the old stories of the Liu family. Now everyone in Hangzhou almost believed that it was Wu Yanniang who came to take revenge.

And this rumor, many people believe it.

The ancients were very superstitious,
Not only the people are superstitious, but even ministers and emperors are superstitious.

The locust plague should be sacrificed to the sky, the drought should be sacrificed to the sky, and the flood disaster should also be sacrificed to the sky.

Earthquakes, falling meteors, if major disasters are caused, the emperor will even issue an imperial edict to comfort God, saying that God, I did not do well, please do not harm my people and so on.

The folks are full of all kinds of legends about gods and ghosts. Some unexplainable things will be attributed to ghosts and gods. Every village has an earth temple, and every city must have a city god temple.

Therefore, these rumors are very marketable.

During this period of time, Li Tongpan also heard the rumors in Hangzhou. Sitting in the room, Li Tongpan pondered for a while, then took out a blank memorial and wrote it.

"My lord, Li Long, the general judge of Hangzhou, reported to my emperor that a strange thing happened on the fifth day of the fifth month of the [-] year in Hangzhou. The [-]-acre mountain forest on the north side of West Lake suddenly withered overnight, and the trees rotted into dust. The forest here The censor Liu Yuan’s ancestral forest land was carefully inspected by the officials, but no trace of man-made damage was found. There are rumors in the countryside that Liu Yuan once adopted a singer and died in the forest for no reason during pregnancy, which is quite strange. "

Tongpan is responsible for local supervision and secret performances. This incident is so weird that it has caused a great sensation in Hangzhou. The people are talking about it, and it has affected local stability.

But at this time, the Liu family was in a gloomy state.

Liu Su stood in the living room, listening to the steward's report, his face was gloomy like water. After listening, Liu Su gritted his teeth and said: "Who is spreading these rumors and ruining the reputation of my Liu family, Liu Zhong, you go now!" Report from the government office, let the government stop these rumors and arrest those who gossip."

Butler Liu Zhongdao: "Master, these are just rural rumors, the government probably won't care about it."

Liu Su picked up the teacup and threw it out, smashed it on the ground with a bang, and said angrily: "My family's forest has been destroyed, the government can't find out the reason, and now someone is spreading rumors about my Liu family, ruining the reputation of the Liu family, and the government doesn't care. Well, you go to the government office now and ask the government office to stop the rumors outside."

Liu Zhong advised to leave.

The forest of the Liu family was destroyed, which made Liu Su very distressed. The Liu family's family precepts did not allow business. The forest is the largest source of income for the Liu family. Every year, cutting down trees can earn thousands of guan, which supports the daily expenses of the Liu family.

Now that the entire mountain forest has been destroyed, Liu Su is also very shocked.

Liu Su couldn't figure out why his family's forest was destroyed overnight. He suddenly had a feeling that something big was about to happen, and it wasn't a good thing.

Now there are rumors spreading outside again, which dealt a great blow to the Liu family's reputation.

Liu Su's mother died early, and he has always been in charge of the affairs of the family. Now this situation made him very panic. Liu Su quickly walked to the study, wrote a letter to his father Liu Yuan, and asked someone to come and let him go. The official ship was sent to the capital.

(End of this chapter)