Chapter 56 (1) Catch the Plague God
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The next day, Hu Xuan and Dasheng drove a carriage to pick up the "immortals".
Da Sheng smiled: "Last night, we teased that poisoned kid a few times, will they be too scared to come?" ”
"Look at what you said, the cat didn't eat the fishy, will it loosen its mouth? That little episode last night couldn't stop their delusions of getting rich. ”
Sure enough, when he arrived at the house of the rich man Bian, Hu Xuan respectfully said about inviting the immortals, and the immortals immediately agreed, saying that they would leave immediately, and asked, "Have there been any unusual movements in your village recently?" ”
"No," Hu Xuan said, "it's just that some people may have lost some needles and threads and other things." ”
The fairy and the entourage got into the carriage of Hu Bolt, and walked on the road with great might, and Dasheng saw that there were two wounds on the face of the fairy entourage, both of which were newly added scratches, and teased: "Little fairy, did you stumble yesterday?" How did you break your face? ”
"Hmm...... At night, I was careless when I went to the toilet and fell a little. ”
"Then you have to be careful, try not to go out at night."
Entered the village, welcomed the gods into a wide ancestral hall, many people were waiting inside and outside the ancestral hall, a buzzing discussion, the gods had seen a lot of this kind of scene, their faces were solemn, their eyelids were drooping, and they walked in.
"Please take a seat for the immortals," Hu Xuan led the immortals into a Taishi chair in the main room and sat down, the room was wide, with incense tables and other things, cleaned cleanly, and a group of ordinary people also walked into the house, crowded and crowded into the house.
"Immortal," Hu Shuan stepped forward and said, "You say that you are unlucky, this morning, the cattle in our village have contracted the plague, and everyone is very worried, you see, what is going on." ”
"Well," the fairy was expressionless, raised his right hand, counted a few times, and opened his mouth to say: "This is not called bad luck, this is called the reincarnation of heaven, there is karma in life, there are usually people in your village who disrespect the immortals, and they are arrogant and chaotic, so the plague god will patronize, I just searched with my discerning eyes, your village, like there are six families of cattle, there is a plague, right?" ”
"That's right," Hu Xuan clapped his hands, "It's worthy of being an immortal, I know everything, it's the six families." ”
The immortal turned his head and said to his entourage, "Look again, which six are they." ”
The attendant closed his eyes, raised his right hand like the master, bent his fingers for a while, and then said: "Walk into the village, eighteen steps north, two trees in front of the door, there are rinderpest patronizing...... He counted with his fingers, and at the same time told the specific addresses of the six families one by one, exactly the same.
"Yes, it's the six." Hu Xuan said: "I didn't expect the little fairy to be so powerful." ”
The people in the house, there was a burst of discussions, the gods listened, felt that something was abnormal, he was "clever", and deserved to be amazed and admired by everyone, but these discussions, it didn't seem quite right, which was also mixed with words such as "damn it", "something", he opened his eyes, and began to carefully look at the men, women and children in front of him, only to find that everyone was not as used to before, showing admiration for themselves, but their faces were full of dissatisfaction and anger.
"Oh no," the fairy screamed, but he didn't panic, his eyes rolled twice, and he glanced at his entourage. The entourage was very smart, walked up two steps, patted his head and said, "Master, I forgot one thing, there is a magic weapon that I didn't bring with me, we have to go back and get it again, I am to blame for this matter." ”
"You're usually so-so," the fairy reprimanded his retinue and stood up, "Okay, let's go back together, get the magic weapon, and do it again." ”
"Slow," Hu Shuan stepped forward to stop the two, "Magic weapons or something, it's not in a hurry, wait a minute, I'll send you back, I want to show you first, there are a few things you don't know, maybe this is those lost magic weapons." ”
Ah Zhen and Ah Ning and a few other girls squeezed into the crowd, they took a baggage, a bamboo pole, a black hat, and an old shoe, and threw these things in front of the gods and their attendants, the bamboo pole was too long, and it was obliquely out of the window.
"Two immortals, take a look, is this your magic weapon? Please take these treasures back. The fat girl Ah Zhen stood in front of the fairy and said loudly.
Both immortals showed surprised expressions, especially the "little immortals", their faces turned pale, and they took a step back, almost hitting the offering table by the wall.
Or the old fairy and the old spicy, he quickly calmed down and his face sank, "What do you mean by this?" Disrespect to the gods is to be thundered by the sky, since ancient times there has been training, deceive the gods and the elderly, people and gods together, you will humiliate the ancestors, bring disaster to the whole village. ”
These threatening words are sure to frighten honest villagers, especially in rural areas, where superstitious thoughts, which have been ingrained for thousands of years, tend to imprison people's minds and blindly obey the will of the "gods".
Sure enough, there were a few old men, with a frightened expression on their faces, they cowered back, Hu Xuan took a step forward, and said loudly: "Forget it, the evidence is conclusive, you miscalculated by saying big things to scare people." Didn't you ask what that meant? Dasheng, you come and tell him, what does this mean.
"Coming, coming," Dasheng carried a basket and squeezed into the crowd, "let one let, let one go," he put the basket on the ground, and there was a pile of grass inside, and then, Da Sheng untied the burden on the ground, took out the I-shaped low wooden ladder, leaned under the window, took out a handful of grass from the basket, picked it with a bamboo pole, held a bamboo pole in his hand, and stretched out from the window, the action was exactly the imitation of last night, the black-clothed thief fed the cow with poisonous weeds, he made a ghostly appearance, and performed vividly, It made everyone in the room laugh.
"Yes, that's it," a middle-aged man said with a smile: "Dasheng learned very well, last night, our whole family saw it, and Ah Zhen, hiding in the cowshed, I really saw it, it was this little fairy, holding a bamboo pole to send the grass into the cowshed, fortunately prepared, otherwise, my family's big bull will suffer, these two villains, liars, what to say about rinderpest, you two, is the plague god." ”
"That's right, they are plague gods, poisoning people's cattle, and then pretending to be ghosts, letting others make money, and they will get rich." Everyone started talking, and some said, "Beat them up, big liar." "Arrest and send the officer."
The fairy didn't say a word, pushed away the crowd and left, of course everyone didn't do it, Dasheng grabbed the fairy's chest, "Want to run?" It's not that easy, I cheated people out of their money, and now I want to slip away, no way. ”
"I didn't cheat you out of your money, why didn't you let me go?" The fairy argued. (To be continued.) )