Chapter 27: The Burning of the Cemetery

When the group of people saw a few of us walking there, they all turned their attention to us, and when we got closer, I saw a person in front of me wearing an official uniform, which was probably the county order, and behind the county order, there was Wei Yuanwai, who I was familiar with, and Wei Yuanwai also recognized me at this time. Hurriedly running ahead. As he ran, he shouted, "Dao Chief, I finally found you, and you still don't let Dao Chang go." ”

A few soldiers looked at me and didn't give me any relief, but cut me open with knives. Wei Yuanwai came over and took my hand, "Dao Chief, we have been looking for you for a long time, and we will come here in the morning, and if we don't see you again, we will go into the woods." ”

"I've worried you, thank you here, I don't know how I know I didn't come out. And so many people came. "The group of people came over as we spoke, and there were a few people in the hall that we had rescued.

Wei Yuanwai took my hand, came to the person in the official uniform, and said, "Liu County Order, this is the Thundercloud Daoist, it was he who broke and saved the little girl and these people." The one in the official uniform didn't have a stand, and came directly to us and said: "Sure enough, it's a hero out of a young man, Lei Daochang, and he's still so young." I donated my hands and said, "The county has won the award, and I also relied on the help of Elder Ran to rescue them."

In the crowd I saw, there was another person, that was Liu Xiyu, since he came out, then the Taoist also came out, Liu Xiyu saw me looking at him, and also walked over and said, "Senior brother, you came out safely." I asked, "Senior Brother, what about Senior Uncle and Senior Brother Chen, why didn't you see them?" ”

Liu Xiyu lowered his head and said: "After you were imprisoned, we were in that secret passage, the explosives you put exploded the secret passage, and also shook the back mechanism open, we walked back, and slowly we came to the bottom of the bell tower, where we encountered the interception of the Yin Demon Sect, the master pestered them, let the senior brother, put the explosives, let me take them out, and go to the county to find Wei Yuanwai to report that you are trapped inside." Not long after we came out of the bell tower, we saw that the bell tower had been blown down, and neither the master nor the senior brother came out. Didn't we go and tell Wei Yuanwai, Wei Yuanwai found the county honor, the county lord, brought the county soldiers, and the Wei mansion's family, this cemetery is surrounded, if you don't come out again, we will go in to find you. Fortunately, you are fine, and the master is relieved. Liu Xiyu said and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

After listening to it, I didn't feel good in my heart, Senior Brother Chen and Elder Zhiran were also killed to help me rescue Wang Jinhuai. At this time, everyone came over, and the county order said: "This gang of traitors is doing evil here, this time we must annihilate them all, the Taoist is good Wei Yuan, how can we attack, we have to find a way, now that the surrounding area has been fenced, we must find a way to exterminate them." ”

Some of them said that they had cut down all the trees, some said that they had trapped them around them, some said that they had brought water to fill the secret passages, and some said that they had attacked them with fire. Finally, the county magistrate asked me, what method to use, I thought about it, if I attacked it, it would definitely not work, the grass here is deep and the forest is dense, the danger is too great, and the water attack will not work, and there is no river around. The fire can be attacked, although it is summer now, and the trees are green, but if there is something that ignites the fire, it is still possible, and Wang Jinhuai is in the secret passage, and there is no danger. After thinking about it, I said: "Lord Xianzun, it's okay to attack with fire, but we have to prepare things that cause fire, see the direction of the wind, and light a fire from one end, and we can definitely burn them out."

The county commander discussed with several leaders in the yamen, as well as Wei Yuanwai, and decided to adopt the method of fire attack.

The county ordered someone to go back to prepare the things that started the fire, and I told Wei Yuanwai about the following situation. Tell him that Wang Jinhuai is fine. Wei Yuanwai was also happy that Wang Jinhuai was fine, but he felt that Elder Ran had died unjustly, and he was finally about to exterminate the Yin Demon Sect, but Elder Ran was buried in the ground.

In an hour or so, the soldiers and servants who had gone back to prepare the things to start the fire returned, pulling several carts, with fire oil, dry wood, and a lot of gunpowder.

The prefectural order ordered to go down, and everyone sprinkled fire oil and dry wood according to the sparseness of the trees, and the gunpowder was prepared for use. In a short time it was sprinkled, and when the things that ignited the fire were ignited, billowing smoke and roasting flames came out, and we avoided the heat from coming. From a distance, I watched the flames gradually burn into the cemetery, many small animals, sleeping with the flames burning, ran away, some ran a few steps and fell to the ground and died, few can get out alive.

The fire slowly burned to the center, which was the exit of the underground secret passage of the Yin Demon Sect, and I looked there, but I didn't see anyone coming out of it.

The burned cemetery was black, charred, and the trees were smoky, and the weeds were burned.

The fire burned for three hours, and in the evening, it gradually went out, and many villagers came around the cemetery to watch the excitement, and the villagers from all over the countryside were not afraid when they saw the government coming, and they all came to see us burn the cemetery, and the soldiers and officials who maintained order drove them away from getting too close to the cemetery.

The fire was extinguished for an hour, and we walked into the cemetery, which was no longer so hot, and the soldiers lit their torches, and we walked together to the big grave bag in the middle of the cemetery, at the entrance and exit of the Yin Demon Cult.