Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 26
Xu Qing followed the two villagers from afar, and soon came to a threshing floor. The threshing floor was crowded with people, but it was very quiet, only one Taoist was there.A wooden stake stood in the middle of the threshing floor, and a woman was tied to the wooden stake, with firewood piled up next to it, and the woman looked haggard.

"I invite the immortals of the heavens and the gods of the past to give me real fire to drive away demons and turn them into good luck. The Taishang Laojun is in a hurry!" Wang Daochang read: "Okay, the real fire has been invited, evildoer, hurry up!" Show up, or the fire will burn and the ashes will be wiped out!"

"I'm not a goblin, I'm not bewitched..." The woman made a weak voice.

"Okay, since you are stubborn, the only way to do it is to use force!" The Taoist was about to light the fire, Xu Qing roared angrily from the crowd:
"Bold, who gave you the power to disregard human life like this!" Xu Qing's voice was quite loud, Wang Daochang put away the torch, and seemed a little apprehensive, after all, the imperial court clearly forbids the use of lynching.

"Young man, I'm not using lynching, I'm exorcising demons..." Daoist Wang said solemnly.

"If the fire burns down, all human beings and demons will be reduced to ashes, and both humans and demons will die. What do you want to do to drive away demons!"

"Here, I am a real fire. It can't burn people to death, but can only burn evildoers. Of course, if they are bewitched by evildoers too much, they will also be burned to death together. This is the punishment from heaven." Wang Daochang put on a look that I am an expert. Know what look.

An old-fashioned village head stood up and said displeasedly:
"Young man, it seems that you are passing by, don't meddle in your own business..."

The surrounding villagers also started to discuss
"Yes, yes, you, an outsider, don't care about our village's affairs!"

"If you dare to interrupt Wang Daochang's actions, you won't be able to eat it!"

"Hurry up and drive away the demon, Daoist Wang, if the demon is dead, we can go back and live in peace, right?"

Xu Qing was so angry that he wanted to burn a person alive in order to live with peace of mind? !What kind of thinking is this, it is different from cannibalism, Xu Qing said angrily: "You are going to kill people! Aren't you afraid of retribution!"

"You, an outsider, are not in charge of this!" The village chief said in a deep voice, signaling for others to drive Xu Qing away, and immediately two strong men came to drive Xu Qing away.

"Hmph, I'm the eighth-rank official of the imperial court, what do you think?!" Xu Qing took out his official seal and pressed the horizontal knife with his hand.When the village elder saw the official seal, he was dumb for a while, after all, there is a big mountain between the small officials and the people!

"Oh? My lord, can the imperial court order officials condone evildoers?" Daoist Wang was the first to react.

"That's not true. If it's really a monster, he will definitely be punished. It's just that..." Xu Qing rolled his eyes and felt that the curve was saving the country: "It's just that, after all, human life is at stake. I will stay and ask a few words. A witness, so that you will not be held accountable by the court."

"The adults are benevolent, but the villains have misunderstood." The village elder thought about it and thought it was right.

"No, no, no, no, time has passed, and the real fire will dissipate, and the demon will not be subdued!" Wang Daochang himself knew what it was to accept the demon, so he naturally disagreed.

"Wang Daochang, this is really hot, sincerity leads to spirit, does Wang Daochang have ghosts in his heart?"

"Well, you have to hurry up!" Daoist Wang said impatiently.

"I don't know how Wang Daochang knew that there was a demon on this woman?" Xu Qing asked with a dark smile.

"Well, of course I opened my eyes to see it. A few days ago, her uncle came to ask for the talisman." Wang Daochang said frankly.

"Then why burn it?"

"Monsters belong to Yin, and they are most afraid of being burned. Without burning, it is not enough to distinguish their true form."

"This Daoist priest, can't you really not burn it?"

"If you don't burn it, you won't be able to identify monsters..."

"Oh? Daoist Wang is so powerful, can I see if there are any monsters on my body?" Xu Qing asked curiously pretending to be convinced

"Since this lord is an official of the imperial court, he is naturally born in the stars, protected by the emperor's majestic purple energy, how did he come to the monster?" Wang Daochang explained, he thought Xu Qing really believed it, so he said a good word.

"Hehe, since I am descended from the stars in the sky, but the Taoist priest is a mortal who practices the law, my magic power must be higher than that of the Taoist priest. I see that the Taoist priest has a lot of monsters, why don't you burn the monster energy in yourself first?" Xu Qing Start the knife.

"This... nonsense, how can I have a demonic aura on my body." Hearing this, all the spectators looked at Wang Daochang suspiciously, and Wang Daochang also began to panic.

"Hey, that's wrong. Monsters are yin, and they are most afraid of being burned. If they don't burn, they can't tell their true shape. Wang Daochang burns them to know..."

"Is it okay not to burn it?"

"If you don't burn it, you won't be able to identify monsters..." Xu Qing copied Wang Daochang's theory, and all the foolish people began to lean towards Xu Qing's side.

"Hmph, I see that you are clearly here to make trouble. Could it be that you are the phantom of this monster?" Daoist Wang began to slander again.

"Lang Lang Qiankun, how can phantoms exist?" Xu Qing thought to himself, I have read "Journey to the West", watched Wang Zhengying, and the one dollar that I took the wheel, I think I can't compare to you?
The foolish people on the side also "kindly" persuaded:
"Yes, Daoist Wang, this lord is wholeheartedly for you."

"Yes, yes, Daoist Wang, how can this monster in broad daylight cast spells?"

"Wang Daochang, burn yourself first, don't be confused by monsters."

"Daozhang, how can you burn other people's monster energy if you don't burn out your own monster energy?"

Wang Daochang's teeth chattered, but what happened, what Xu Qing said was his own.He knew that Xu Qing treated him in the same way as he did, but he couldn't take back what he said. If he did, the villagers would still flay him alive.

"Come on! Help Daoist Wang light the fire!" Xu Qing shouted.

"Hey, ah!" Seeing that the situation was not right, Wang Daoren became ruthless for a moment, jumped over the wall in a hurry, and took out a dagger to stab Xu Qing. , the dagger also fell to the ground.Wang Daoren rolled on the ground in pain, Xu Qing stepped forward to step on him, and stabbed him with a horizontal knife on his neck.

"My lord, please forgive me, my lord, please forgive me, Widow Sun and her uncle asked me to do it!"

"Recruit carefully!"

"Widow Sun and her uncle fell in love with her family's farm house and wanted to buy it cheap, but Widow Sun refused, so her uncle asked me to spread rumors that Widow Sun was possessed by a demon..." After Wang Daochang finished speaking, Xu Qing He turned to the people present and said:

"Do you understand the ins and outs of this?"

Everyone lowered their heads in silence, and suddenly someone shouted: "Where is Widow Sun and her uncle?!"

"That and that! He ran away!"

This incident can only be regarded as a small episode. Xu Qing rescued Widow Sun and knew that she had a son, so he gave her a small bag of fried rice. There is only one serving of fried rice for the whole Datang Xu Qing.Xu Qing said that if she wanted to, she could go to Xuzhuang to settle down, so she could send the Buddha to the west.

Then, Xu Qing continued on his way.

(End of this chapter)