Chapter 242: He's Not a Murderer
The Taoist priest stood on the boat, with an incense case in front of him, waving the peachwood sword in his hand while chanting words to the lake.
His expression looked serious, and the more he thought, the more anxious he became.
"Drink!" In vain, the Taoist priest's wooden sword pointed and threw a ball-like thing covered with rune paper into the water.
"Boom!"
With a roar, the lake rolled up a huge wave that soared into the sky!
Then, a huge, scarred Gu fish surfaced, and the big fish had its white belly facing up, and it could no longer die.
Wang Guang frowned, doesn't this fish look like it was blown up?
It's a pity that I can't go over and take a closer look now, but Wang Guang doesn't care about the death of this fish.
This Taoist priest is clearly a charlatan, and as a professional liar, he naturally has many ways for the villagers to take the fake as real.
It's like such a big Gu fish, just looking at the size, the people in this small village have seen such a big fish, and it is very suitable to regard this fish as a water demon.
The villagers cheered, and in the cheers of the villagers, the Taoist priest came to the shore by boat, looking triumphant and high-spirited, and said to the villagers: "Everyone, the fish demon has been eradicated by me, and now this place is completely safe!" ”
"Oh!!!!!" The villagers cheered enthusiastically.
Under the pull of a number of majestic male villagers, the huge Gu fish was pulled out of the water and fell into the air.
"Dao Chief, thank you" At this time, the village chief came, holding a small bamboo lou full of silver taels and walked over with a smile on his face.
"There are two small silver taels here, and two thousand-year-old salted fish, please smile at the Taoist chief," the village chief said with a smile.
In order to prevent the Taoist priest from asking for too much, the villagers first pooled together a sum of silver taels in advance as the cost of exorcism, and at the same time stuffed two old salted fish that were extremely noble in their hearts as gifts, so that he would not delve too deeply into the matter of how much silver taels were used.
The village chief put the small bamboo basket into the hands of the Taoist priest, including the two thousand-year-old salted fish, and put them on top of the silver taels.
The Taoist priest glanced at it and nodded without a trace, apparently the reward offered by the villagers had met his psychological expectations.
The Taoist priest took the bamboo basket and said politely: "Harm! As a cultivator, I will not ask for such a precious thing," he said, and he enthusiastically stuffed the two thousand-year-old salted fish back.
After the Taoist priest returned the salted fish, he hugged the silver tael, turned around and shouted to the villagers: "Everyone, now that the monster has been caught by me, as for how to deal with it, it is up to you to decide."
"Kill it!" An old man like a hemp straw said angrily.
"Isn't it dead?"
"Kill it again!"
"Revenge!" The villagers roared angrily, and this sentence resonated, and everyone shouted.
"Me! Want! Report! Enmity! An aunt pointed to the hanging Gu fish and said.
And at this moment, Chen Xuanzang appeared.
Chen Xuanzang was dressed as a beggar, with messy hair like a bird's nest, and dressed in ragged linen.
He squeezed into the crowd and then shouted at the crowd, "It's all wrong, he's not the murderer"
Chen Xuanzang held a book, walked to the huge Gu's fish, looked up and down, compared, and said: "It's just a Gu's fish, with a kind nature, a positive and optimistic personality, and a pretty good character, but it's a pity that it has grown a little bigger." ”
The villagers stared at Chen Xuanzang, their eyes were quite unkind.
"Who are you?" Someone finally asked, after all, Chen Xuanzang was not from this cottage at first glance.
"Below is Chen Xuanzang, an unshaved Mahayana Buddhist disciple, who is an exorcist who subdues demons and eliminates demons." Chen Xuanzang introduced himself.
"We know the Gu Fish, but we have never seen such a big Dao Leader say that this is a goblin possession."
"Look, village chief, it's really not the youkai you're looking for!" Chen Xuanzang pointed to the book in his hand and explained bitterly.
When the Taoist priest saw this scene, he felt a little bad in his heart.
Good guy, it's actually demolished! If you let the villagers know that you're a liar, then what's the point?
The Taoist priest's eyes rolled, and a plan came to mind.
The Taoist priest held the silver, came to Chen Xuanzang with a sad face, pointed at him and said: "A good father, who was mutilated by monsters and is still unconscious!" The families of the innocent victims are in pain, well, you still say such things, you..."
"You bastard!" Of course, the village chief only believed the words of the Taoist chief, and pointed at Chen Xuanzang with an angry face and scolded angrily.
"Bastard! Bastard! The villagers were also provoked, pointing at him loudly and scolding.
"Listen to me, the youkai you're looking for haven't appeared yet."
"Shut up!" At that moment, a hoarse roar came from the crowd.
Chen Xuanzang turned his head to look and saw a woman with red eyes and a sad face coming to Chen Xuanzang.
She glared at Chen Xuanzang angrily, pointed to his nose and asked, "Has your husband ever been knocked unconscious by a goblin?" ”
"Eldest sister, I'm a man, I don't have a husband!" Chen Xuanzang spread his hands and said.
"Has your husband ever been knocked unconscious by a goblin?!" The woman's emotions grew more and more agitated.
"Eldest sister, I really don't have a husband!" Chen Xuanzang said bitterly.
"Smack!"
Before Chen Xuanzang finished speaking, the woman slapped her directly.
"Ahh
In the crowd, seeing the village woman making a move, several old men also rushed up and beat Chen Xuanzang with a shout.
"Shoot him, shoot him!" The villagers shouted.
Chen Xuanzang knelt on the ground and was beaten by everyone, but he still didn't give up and reminded everyone: "This fish is innocent, the monster is still in the water, everyone must not go into the water!" ”
"This guy is clearly an accomplice of the monster, hang him up and burn him" Seeing that Chen Xuanzang still didn't give up, the chief immediately shouted.
"Burn him, burn him!"
The Taoist priest stood up, waved his arms, and shouted, "Listen, everyone, this monster has been killed by me, and it is absolutely safe here." You can rest assured that you can get into the water, go ahead! ”
The Taoist priest's words suddenly quieted down the villagers, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and no one thought they had heard.
Although he caught a huge Gu fish, what if what the young man said was true? What if there really are youkai in the water?
Seeing that the villagers did not react at all, the Taoist priest looked at his assistant.
"Me?" The assistant pointed to his face and wondered.
The Taoist priest winked, tilted his head, and motioned for him to go into the water.
The assistant was scared and swallowed his saliva, but still walked to the water's edge and looked at the surface of the water with a hesitant look.