On August 3, local government officials posted notices early, saying that Li Yan, who had made great contributions to guarding evil in Longhu Mountain, was ordered by Taiyi Pavilion to exterminate the Great Sage of the Covered Sea. This is to reassure people's hearts. Officers and soldiers were also sent to inspect the counties and villages, and those who set up obscene shrines without permission, or even sacrificed livestock, children, and men and women, were immediately locked up and questioned.

The people of the county towns, hearing that the government had posted a notice to crusade against monsters, came to watch early in the morning, and some people living in the countryside even went to the city for this purpose.

"Heavenly Master Dao has finally sent someone, and now we are saved."

"In the past, the government put up notices, and nine times out of ten, they were able to control the flood."

"Eh, don't squeeze ahead!"

Peddlers, pawns, fishermen, scholars, and ordinary people of all religions and religions all crowded in front of the notice board, rushing at the content on it.

"Oh, old man, you can't read, what are you squeezing."

A person wearing a green scarf and looking like a scholar was trampled on in the crowded room, and couldn't help but say to the short and fifty-year-old farmer in front of him.

The old man glanced at the scholar: "Who said that I can't read, I know enough words!" ”

With that, the old man went to the front and struggled to read the words on the notice, until he saw the last one, and then blinked blankly.

"Why, I said you don't recognize it."

The scholar sneered.

"Don't interrupt."

The old man blushed, and started from the last word backwards, until he saw the beginning, and his face turned white.

"If you don't know, you don't know, what can you do?"

The scholar said, and the old man pulled the scholar behind him to the front, causing another scolding.

"You are literate, you can see with me, is there a word on it?"

The scholar looked at the notice for a while, shook his head, and said, "No." ”

The old man was even more anxious: "Then, is there a Ke word?" ”

"Not either."

When the old farmer heard this, he sat down on the ground and cried as if he had lost his strength: "There is no Chen on the notice, and there is no Ke. It's over, it's all over, my seedlings! ”

The scholar was a little strange: "No Chen, no Ke, why are you crying?" ”

The old man couldn't stop crying: "What do you know, what do you know, what do you know!" ”

At this time, some people had already finished reading the notice, and the crowd couldn't help but rush to the officials: "Who is this high meritorious?" Why didn't Mr. Tianfang receive the order to kill demons? ”

"Longhu Mountain can't deal with the Great Sage of the Sea, my lords, quickly ask Mr. Tianfang to come forward!"

For a while, the crowd was excited.

The soldiers on the bulletin board hurriedly set up their iron guns: "All stand back, stand back." ”

In the yamen, Zhu Changyun, the governor of Caoyun, who was a guest, listened carefully in the yamen, and a scribe accompanying him came up with a cup of tea.

"Your Excellency, please."

Zhu Changyun picked up the teacup and asked casually, "This is the first batch of people to come to see the notice?" ”

"It's been more than a dozen, and the people are concerned about it."

"I asked Qi Qianhu to help and go to the villages to inspect, what was the result?"

"Today alone, there are no less than a dozen obscene shrines destroyed by Qi Qianhu in various villages, there are almost 50 witches and gods, and there are also villagers in two villages, and the children of the villagers have been tied up to be sacrificed to the sea. The perpetrators have been arrested, but the boys and girls who can be thrown into the sea have ......."

Zhu Changyun put down the teacup with a snap, and was angry: "Foolish people and foolish women, they should all be punished!" ”

The scribe was quite calm, and carefully answered: "With the majesty of the imperial court, it is naturally impossible to be threatened by a coastal monster, and it is expected to really offer three hundred boys and women and send people to crusade against the monsters. However, in the past, when the demon was defeated, it was bound to be crowned with a temporary military position for Mr. Tianfang, so that he received the will to crusade against Zhu Polong. This time, he was replaced by a little-known high-ranking master. It is also human nature for ordinary people to feel uneasy. The gentry and merchants in the state capital were also not optimistic about the imperial court's move at all. Count the goods and family members early, and there are not a few people who want to take refuge in Jiangsu. ”

"There you go."

The scribe was on the verge of amnesty: "The lower officials retired." ”

With that, he withdrew.

Zhu Changyun glanced at the table, it was a stack of thick paper bags, which were collected by several court officials before and after the Caoyun Yamen, about the past 20 years, Chen Ke's two families have been careless about human life, misleading the country and harming the people, colluding with pirates, and the accusations are too numerous to write, far more complete than the county government presented to the prefect Wu Keyang.

Zhu Changyun still remembers the look in the eyes of Lord Qian when he saw off the previous governor of Caoyun and took the paper bag from him.

"Li Zhenfu, Li Zhenfu, you have to fight for breath."

Chen's mansion.

Qian Gui knelt in the courtyard, holding the rattan whip in both hands, and buried his head very low, he had been kneeling here for four or five hours, and no one in the house had come out to send a message to him to get up.

"Ahem~"

Chen Tianfang, who was on the bed, did not have a trace of blood on his face, his lips were crusted and crusted, and his eyes were as astringent as ashes, obviously seriously ill.

Wu Keyang had been sitting on the edge of the bed, and when he saw this, he hurriedly ordered the maid: "The stove is more prosperous." ”

The maid didn't dare to breathe, and hurriedly bowed.

"No need, it's a little wind and cold, and it's over."

Chen Tianfang, who was full of sickness, called the maid.

Wu Keyang hurriedly said: "Such a serious illness." How can you get through? ”

Chen Tianfang looked at him weakly: "Keyang, you have been in office for seven years, and these seven years are not easy to bear, right?" ”

Wu Keyang was stunned, and after a while, he said: "Where the teacher said, the disciple is just, do what it should be." ”

"Don't lie to me, you also blame me, blame me for letting my children and grandchildren go. My eldest son also complained about me, complained that I favored the younger son, the younger son complained that I didn't call him a director, and the daughter and son-in-law complained about me. You all blame me. ”

Wu Keyang opened his mouth, then stood up and knelt in front of the bed, crying bitterly: "My teacher and I are not father and son, we are like father and son." How can there be two words of complaint between father and son, the teacher said this, it really tormented the disciple. ”

Mr. Tianfang stared at Wu Keyang: "Get up." ”

Wu Keyang did not answer.

"Get up—"

Mr. Tianfang pulled a long note and slapped the bed.

Wu Keyang hurriedly got up and went to Mr. Tianfang's side.

"There is a fold on the table, I wrote it a long time ago, you see, there is nothing wrong, just take it back and copy it."

Wu Keyang walked to the side of the bookcase, there was indeed a book, he opened it, and the first line on it read: "Wu Keyang, the prefect of Ningbo, is respectfully playing; In order to bluntly say that Zhejiang Chen Ke's two clans colluded with demons and raised their own self-respecting ......"

Wu Keyang's hands trembled, and the book fell to the ground, filled with anger: "Who is this rumor, and his heart can be punished." ”

"That's what I wrote."

Mr. Tianfang said softly.

"Teacher, you, what are you?"

"You just said that you regard me as a father, why don't I treat you as my son. It's just that sometimes I'm confused, I always think that you are old, and I can let them do it, but I spoil them too much. ”

"Teacher."

"Listen to me."

Mr. Tianfang continued: "There is no watertight boat in the sky, the trees fall down, and the walls fall and everyone pushes them, it is not a shocking thing. Don't talk about it, just this time, my family hid from me and didn't let you in, so the Heavenly Master Dao found Li Zhenfu. Keyang, you became the prefect at a young age, and your vision and strategy are all first-class, you say, can this Li Zhenfu subdue the sea demon? ”

"......" Wu Keyang was speechless for a long time, and on the ground was the note written by Mr. Zhang Tianfang himself.

After a long time, Wu Keyang said: "Taiyi Pavilion Yi Yu is a character who plans and decides. Heavenly Master Zhang Yichu is a first-class figure in the world, Longhu Mountain, and he will not be untargeted. ”

Silence, a long silence, the incense of the crane's beak suddenly extinguished.

"You are all my sons, I spoil them, and I can't wronged you, if the time is right, you can save your life if you take this letter."

"Teacher."

Mr. Tianfang turned over on the bed: "You go." Take this note. ”

Wu Keyang bowed his head and was silent, and it took a while before picking up the music on the ground and going out.

When they arrived in the courtyard, it happened that Chen Han rushed back in the dust, but the two met without squinting and staggered each other.

"Daddy, you ......"

"Did you tell Qian Gui to not let the officials from Zhejiang enter the door?"

Chen Han swallowed his saliva before nodding: "Yes." ”

“……”

Mr. Tianfang, who was weak, grabbed the nose pot next to the bed and threw it over.

"You unassailable brute!" He gasped for breath, his face flushed abnormally: "They are officials!" It's official! It's official! ”

Chen Han didn't dare to hide, and a blood mark was smashed on his face.

The maid who served hurriedly gave him a good breath, and after a long time, Mr. Tianfang closed his eyes and said: "Send a message to Chun'er's house, I miss the two of them, come back for dinner." ”

Chen Han pursed his lips: "I'm not angry, but in the end, I'm still for our Chen family." The government wants to leave us behind to kill the demons ourselves, if you call them, can it be solved? ”

"None of you are angry." Chen Tianfang closed his eyes: "I'm just old, I want to talk to my daughter and uncle, I'm so happy." Go, go. ”

Chen Han licked his lips before walking out.

Opposite the Nanqu Sanbao Temple, there is a spacious street. There are refreshment shops, rouge shops, car dealers, bookstores, and a few deep mansions, all of which are the property of the Ke family.

Ke Nuoran, the uncle of the Ke family, is quite famous on the green forest road in Zhejiang, nicknamed "Jiaolong of the mixed sky", if it is only about the name, it is not too bad compared to the great sage of the sea and the dragon king of the pig woman.

Chen Dongheng died a while ago, and the husband and wife also went to cry, these days, in addition to the family's property, they are also staring at the movements of the official office. I sent someone to ask, but I heard that the big demon covering the sea was not restless, but the government did not invite Mr. Tianfang again, but found a high skill to guard evil, and I heard that this high skill of guarding evil is the boss who killed the second master of the Chen family who checked the knife, which made the husband and wife shocked and angry.

Bang!

The fine aqua porcelain was smashed to pieces, and it was a woman in her forties, dressed in gold and silver, with a wrench and a jade bracelet in her hand, and although she was extravagant, she could not hide the obvious cruelty on the woman's face.

"A bunch of white-eyed wolves who can't get enough of it."

She also knows who to scold again.

In the back room, Ke Nuoran sat upright, and a tall, thin head stood beside him.

Hearing the scolding, Toutuo smiled: "Sister-in-law has a temper again?" ”

"You say yours, don't ask about family matters."

Ko Nuoran had a straight face. He was born extremely strong, and the muscles all over his body were about to tear through his clothes, and a black beast tattoo spread from his neck to the base of his ears, looking very vicious.

"Ah, uh, there are batches of sharp chrysanthemums that will arrive tonight, blocking the mouth."

"Got it, the old rule, half of it is sent in through the back door, half of it is sent to the Chai family's dyeing workshop, and besides, you can do one more thing for me."

Toutuo bowed his head: "You command." ”

Ke Nuoran hooked his finger, and the head of Tuo approached, and he whispered a few words.

"No problem, it's easy to do."

Ke Nuoran had a calm face: "My brother-in-law's death is wrongful, this is just the beginning, the remaining few people are still unable to move, you wait for my news after a while." ”

"Understood."

Toutuo nodded.

"Go ahead."

Ke Nuoran said that, and yelled outside: "It's almost over, the sky hasn't fallen yet!" ”

As he spoke, the door opened and a person came in from outside, and Ke Nuoran recognized it as a servant in the Chen Mansion.

"Uncle."

"The old man has orders, or Chen Han has something to say."

The servant rubbed his hands: "The old man has been sober in the past two days, and I want to ask you and the young lady to go back and stay for two days." ”

"Okay, I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

Ke Nuoran agreed.

"That's right." He suddenly raised his head: "I sent someone to Chen Han in the morning to say that he would draw his salary from the bottom of the kettle and do that Lao Shizi to guard the evil, does he have a reply?" ”

The servant shook his head: "My uncle didn't agree, what he meant was that the prestige of this surnamed Li in Liaodong, Shandong Province was not small, and he was afraid that he would not be able to do it, but it would be a bad thing." ”

Ke Nuoran sneered: "That's how the generals of the government are like that, otherwise how can they not even look at a few dragon and tiger flags, and they can't pull out the generals in the stalks." ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "That's it, it doesn't make sense." I want to see how this evil guard who doesn't know where to come out, how to drive away the pig dragon the day after tomorrow. ”