Chapter Forty-Eight: Smashing the City God
Xie Qiao's resurrection from the dead can be described as a happy event, because his house has been destroyed by the old ghost of Songpa, Cui Shen left him to live in Cui's mansion to recover.
As for Zhou Hongxian, because she is a fox demon, Cui Shen wants to find out her origin, and Zhou Hongxian has not concealed it. After several verifications, Cui Shen naturally knew about the Qingfeng Zhai bloody case, Cui Yu's loss of soul, and the revenge of the old ghost in Songpo, which made him extremely surprised, but his thinking was not pedantic, and he could roughly distinguish that Zhou Hongxian should be a good demon. Zhou Hongxian injured Dao Xing because he used his natal golden pill to save Xie Qiao, and coupled with Cui Yu and Xie Qiao's plea, Cui Shen did a favor and also left her in the mansion to recuperate.
In short, it seems that everything is over for now.
"Sister Zhou, I'm coming to see you!" Cui Yu happily pushed open the door of Zhou Hongxian's room, but at first glance, she saw that the bed was empty, and she couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh my God, Sister Zhou has hurt her vitality, how can she say goodbye without saying goodbye?" β
"I didn't say goodbye, I'm still here!" Zhou Hongxian's weak voice suddenly came from the quilt.
"Sister Zhou, are you uncomfortable, why do you sleep under the quilt in broad daylight?" Cui Yu was surprised, walked over and lifted the quilt, but still didn't see Zhou Hongxian's shadow. "Hey, Sister Zhou, where are you?"
"I'm hereβ" Zhou Hongxian's voice became weaker, with a faint hint of crying, and her voice actually came from the end of the bed.
"It's strange, why are you hiding here-" Before she could finish speaking, Cui Yu had already lifted the entire quilt, and her eyes widened as she saw a red fox the size of a milk dog shrunk at the end of the bed and shivered.
"Sister Zhou, is this you?" Cui Yu opened her curious eyes wide.
"It's me." Zhou Hongxian's crying voice was already obvious.
Cui Yu stepped forward and hugged the red fox in her arms, and by the way, she excitedly rubbed the fur on its back: "Wow, it's so cute!" β
"Cute hairy! Don't touch me like that, make me feel like a pet! Tears fell from the red fox's black eyes.
"Sister Zhou, why are you crying?"
"I've been cultivating hard for 20 years, and once I'm back to the pre-liberation period!" The red fox covered his face with his paws and cried bitterly, the shape was very human, although it was a little weird, but Cui Yu was not afraid at all - because it was not scary at all, and it was even a little cute.
"Is my sister worried that she won't be able to change back into human form?" Cui Yu continued to rub the fur of the red fox, and her voice suddenly became very gentle.
"I don't know! But I'm scared of this, I've been a fox for over twenty years, and I really don't want to do it again! β
"Sister, don't worry, good people have their own rewards!" Cui Yu suddenly put her face close to the red fox and rubbed it intimately. "If you really can't change back, I will accompany you for the rest of my life!"
The red fox suddenly relaxed the claws on his face and became motionless.
"Sister, why is your chest beating so fast?"
Husu County Ya, the drum of grievances is loud.
"County order, something is wrong! The old bustard of Yanshuang Building in Yancuifang came to report the case, Gao Wen and Lan Yun, a famous prostitute in this county, both died in Yanshuang Building, and the flesh and blood of the two seemed to be eaten by monsters. β
Xie Qiao's resurrection made Cui Shen feel excited and relieved, but the murder reported by Wuhou early in the morning made his mood suddenly mess.
Rakshasa Ghost Doing Evil Again? Doesn't that mean that the old ghost of Songpa that was eliminated with the treasure mirror is not the same thing as it at all, and it turns out that he is still lucky!
Cui Shen was annoyed, this case was different from the previous times, the victims of the previous times were all ordinary people, and he comforted the survivors or their families, so that they would not be publicized, and they could basically be suppressed.
But this time, not to mention that Gao Wen is famous, but also that the prostitute Lan Yun, she is known as the first talented woman in Husu County, and she is sought after by literati of all sizes in Husu County, she died like this, this impact is extraordinary!
Cui Shen is a literati, he knows the power of literati, this is the prosperity of Zhenguan, but there are always demons and monsters under his own rule, which is waved by the people, and he must not bear the crime of not governing the county effectively, humiliating the prosperous world? Not to mention the black yarn hat, it was arranged by someone with a heart, and he can already go to prison!
Cui Shen's eyebrows were twisted into Sichuan characters, first there were Qingfeng bandits, and then evil ghosts ate people, is this considered a bad year?
To hell, what's the use of complaining about the heavens and people, he Cui Shen is definitely not a person who sits idly by!
"It seems that the treasure mirror alone is not enough, if you want to destroy the Rakshasa ghost, you must be able to find it! Only in this way can I regain the hearts of the people, and even if I am sure of my life, I may be able to turn over because of this! β
Not long after, Cui Shen knocked on Zhou Hongxian's door, but it was Cui Yu who opened the door, and he was surprised to see Zhou Hongxian, who had turned back into a red fox in his daughter's arms.
"Ayer?"
"Cui County Order, are you here to find me?" The red fox asked.
As soon as Cui Shen heard that the red fox could still speak, he couldn't help but show joy again, so he got straight to the point and clarified his intentions.
"Fox lady, that Rakshasa ghost has repeatedly harmed people's lives, and it is really a big scourge in this county, I wonder if you can help me find it?"
Cui Yu was very dissatisfied, and raised her mouth and said, "Aya, Sister Zhou is injured like this, why are you still asking her for help?" β
The red fox snuggled in Cui Yu's arms, first stretched out his head to look at Cui Yu, the fox's mouth was hooked, and then it also shook its head: "Cui County Order, in fact, I am willing to help you, but now I have lost all my ways, except for being able to speak, I have no use!" β
Cui Shen's face was full of disappointment.
As soon as the picture turned, Cui Shen led a group of Wuhou to rush into the Chenghuang Temple in Husu County.
This City God Temple is not big or small, it enshrines the City God and eight blue-faced fanged ghosts, and the incense is quite prosperous on weekdays.
Cui Shen first asked Wuhou to drive away the people who burned incense, then closed the temple door, pointed to the statues and said, "Smash me!" β
When the martial marquis received this order, they couldn't help but be taken aback: "County order, this is to offend the ghosts and gods!" β
Cui Shen smiled coldly: "Hmph, he is the county commander of the underworld, and I am the county commander of the yang world, what am I afraid of him doing?" Then he pointed to the statue of the city god and said righteously: "As a city god in this county, you dare to connive at the little ghosts under your hands, and almost harm my best friend and staff, I should settle this crime with you!" β
"You wait to smash those little ghosts for me first!"
Under Cui Shen's instructions, the martial marquis jumped on the incense platform, pushed the statues of the eight imps one by one, and smashed them on the ground, and finally only the lonely city god remained.
"County order, still- do you want to continue smashing?" Cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the martial marquis.
Cui Shen was actually a little weak-hearted, he pretended to be calm and said: "This county has thought about it carefully, the little ghosts under the city god are doing evil, maybe the city god doesn't know!" After all, he is the county of the underworld, and he still has to give face, let's go! With that, he opened the temple door and led the martial marquis away again.
The people outside the temple saw that the temple was in a mess, and they couldn't help but discuss: "What is crazy about this Cui County order?" β