Chapter 31: The Wicked Guest Arrives
Somewhere outside Luoxian Town, there was a sudden ripple in the space, and a one-person-high crack emerged from the ripple, and the black hole in the crack made people's scalp tingle to see. Suddenly, a leg came out of the crack and probed around, like an ordinary man walking down the steps at night, and when he couldn't see the road clearly, he had to explore the way with his feet. After confirming that there was the earth under his feet, a small Taoist priest wearing a lotus crown suddenly jumped out of the crack, looked around sneakily, and saw that there was no one, so he touched his chest and breathed a sigh of relief and spoke to himself.
"It's okay, no one saw it, if anyone saw this scene, Xiaodao wanted to trick a few big girls and little girls to look at palmistry, and it is estimated that no one would dare to look at it."
After the Taoist priest came out, he waved his hand, and the crack behind him instantly returned to its original state. The Taoist priest turned around and waved his hand towards the mountain not far away, and shouted with a smile: "Fellow Daoist, the little Taoist master has a temper, and he wants to take a little apprentice from you. Xiaodao, as the master's most unfashionable disciple, naturally has to make a trip, and now he comes uninvited, and the Taoist friend forgives him? ”
To put it mildly, but what is done is somewhat inauthentic, like a burglar in the house, knowing that there is someone in the house, and pried the door open, and then said in front of the owner, "You have a good thing in your house that I have taken a fancy to, so I came to get it in person uninvited", this is a clear bully.
After the Taoist priest finished speaking, he spat on one hand, rubbed it on his ear, and then took it as an ear wash, and then covered it behind his ear, made a listening gesture, waited for a long time, and saw that no one responded, and the little Taoist priest opened his throat and shouted: "Daoist friend this agreed?" ”
Naturally, there was still no response.
The Taoist priest smacked his lips, and secretly said that it was a pity, the master's family did not show his head, and he couldn't knock on the bamboo. This disgusting look that is not enough to get cheap, and the master of the enchantment almost can't help but jump out and fight to the death with this shameless man.
This shameless Taoist priest is naturally a god operator.
Seeing that the host was unwilling to entertain guests, the god operator twisted his ass and ran towards the town below the mountain, holding a wine gourd in his hand, and took a sip after running a few steps, and after a while, he stumbled a little.
When the god operator ran halfway up the mountain, he saw that the town was suddenly full of people, and torches were lit everywhere, he smiled and sang a little song in a daze and continued to go down the mountain.
"This is also afraid, that is also afraid, who is the most terrible in people's hearts, this is also hate, that is also hate, only the wicked dare not hate, life is difficult, death is also difficult, life and death are really difficult, people's hearts have a scale, lack of two catties is conscience...
Xiaoqu'er was a little nondescript, and the Taoist priest didn't care, so he staggered down the mountain.
When the god operator went down to the foot of the mountain and entered the town, he didn't go far, it began to rain in the sky, and he was watered by the rain, and the Taoist priest was somewhat sober, and there was no one around to hide from the rain, but there was a small courtyard, and there was only a small thatched house in it, and there were no lights.
The god operator stood at the door and shouted twice: "Is the master's house here?" ”
Seeing that no one in the house responded, the god operator directly pushed the door in, entered the house, and couldn't help but smack out of his mouth.
Good fellow, he can only bend over to come in with a low roof, except for a stone table and a fairly complete rice jar in the house, it is really a house with four walls, and this house is really not as many as some things in a broken temple.
The little junior brother is really miserable this day.
God doesn't care about the operator, as long as the house can shelter from the rain.
Seeing a pile of clean thatch next to him, the Taoist priest fell asleep, and after a while, there was a snoring sound.
Anyway, the little junior brother's house is his own home, what's polite?
While the Taoist priest was sleeping, the real owner of the house was surrounded by the entire town.
The enemy of the world.
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As soon as Lu Yangsheng handed over the box in his hand to Li Chengyuan, he heard all kinds of noises behind him, and the torches were connected, illuminating the town as bright as day.
It turned out that Li Aniu and Liu Mazi saw that it was going to rain, and they were afraid that the people in the town would not want to brave the rain in the middle of the night to find someone for themselves, so they encouraged everyone to come to the patriarch.
The two of them thought so, no matter what, they had to blame Lu Yangsheng for the crime first, and then put the relics and mansion of the Ninth Master on Liu Mazi first, so that the two of them could slowly settle accounts with Lu Yangsheng, and they didn't have to worry about him running away.
Li Aniu and Liu Mazi thought very well, and when they were about to arrive at the door of the patriarch's house, they saw someone at the door of the patriarch's house from a distance, and when they got closer, the two glanced at each other, and their faces were overjoyed. It's actually Lu Yangsheng, this kid is actually in front of the patriarch!
Li Aniu was fast, stepped forward in three steps and two steps, grabbed Lu Yangsheng, and said, "You, a white-eyed wolf who kills people and robs money, dare to come to the patriarch?" What a guts! ”
Liu Mazi's movements were not slow, he trotted two steps from afar, and when he was almost in front of the patriarch, he knelt on the ground with a bang, Liu Mazi's face changed, and he cried out.
I didn't see it clearly at night, there were stones on the ground, and I guess I couldn't see it on my knees this time.
Since he was crying, he couldn't waste it, Liu Mazi pointed at Lu Yangsheng and shouted hoarsely: "Patriarch, you have to help us make the decision, Lu Yangsheng, this kid, not only stole the money of the ninth master, but also killed the ninth master's life." The ninth master is now not cold, patriarch, you have to be the master for us! ”
Seeing Liu Mazi crying miserably, Li Aniu somewhat admired this Liu Mazi, and said that he could cry when he cried, which is also a kind of ability.
Before Li Chengyuan could speak, the people in the town had already gathered around, and they all pointed at Lu Yangsheng and scolded, especially those who had been helped by the Ninth Master, their faces were hideous, and under the light of the fire, they were particularly terrifying.
Lu Yangsheng glanced at the crowd and did not speak.
It's just expected, after knowing that someone stole something and didn't steal it, Lu Yangsheng guessed that there might be such a thing, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.
Li Chengyuan's face turned pale, and he waved his hand to suppress the rioting crowd. When the villagers saw that the patriarch was about to speak, they also quieted down and waited for the patriarch to speak.
Li Chengyuan said to the crowd: "What is the noise of not sleeping in the middle of the night, do you want to behave?" What happened? Who's going to talk about that? ”
Liu Mazi was just about to speak, but he was glared at coldly by Li Chengyuan, so frightened that Liu Mazi's words came to his mouth and swallowed back into his stomach, and he didn't dare to say more.
Seeing that no one spoke, an old man who lived near Jiu Ye's house stood up and roughly said what had happened. only said that the big guy heard Li Aniu and Liu Mazi say that the ninth master was killed, and the murderer was Lu Yangsheng, and the big guy also saw the appearance of the ninth master, and the ninth master did pass away, so the big guy came to arrest the murderer.
After listening to the old man's words, Li Chengyuan glanced at Lu Yangsheng, Lu Yangsheng didn't speak, just shook his head.
Li Chengyuan turned his head again and asked the person who had just spoken: "Have you seen the situation in the Ninth Master's house?" ”
The man replied: "Patriarch, I saw with my own eyes that the house was turned into a mess, it really looked like it had been robbed, and even the bed where the ninth master slept seemed to have been turned over, but someone should have sorted it out later." ”
When Li Chengyuan heard this, he interrupted the man's words, frowned and asked, "You tell me about the situation in the Ninth Master's house." ”
The man saw that the patriarch was a little angry, and said cautiously: "The ninth master is wearing a shroud, it should have been made by the ninth master before, and the bed under him is very messy, but it should have been tidied up." ”
Hearing this, Li Chengyuan waved his hand and asked the man to stop talking, turned back to Li Aniu and Liu Mazi and said, "You two first discovered that the ninth master was deceased?" Then you two tell me what you two are doing at the Ninth Master's house in the middle of the night? ”
After all, Li Aniu is less than twenty, Li Chengyuan, as the patriarch, is almost a word in the town, is that child afraid to see it? Now that he was questioned by the patriarch, coupled with the fact that he had done something wrong, Li Aniu was sweating profusely and did not dare to speak.
Liu Mazi was okay, his eyes rolled, and he immediately thought of a reason, and opened his mouth with a crying tone.
"Patriarch, isn't the Ninth Master injured? Am I not afraid that something will happen to the ninth master? I couldn't put it down, so I went to see it, who knows... Woowoo"
Liu Mazi covered his eyes, and was also playing a drum in his heart, quietly peeked at the patriarch, and saw that the patriarch's face was blue, so he waited for him to speak.
Liu Mazi didn't dare to delay at this time, and continued: "Seeing that something happened to the ninth master, I hurried to find Brother Aniu, after all, it was late, and the pharmacy may not be open, so I can only find acquaintances to try." After Brother Ah Niu heard about it, he was also anxious and hurried to help, but who knew that the ninth master was already ... ”
Speaking of this, Liu Mazi gritted his teeth, his knees strained on the ground again, and he immediately cried speechlessly.
The people around saw Liu Mazi crying so much, and they were also concerned and cried in a low voice.
The rain was a little heavy, but no one went home to hide from the rain, and the torches were flickering in the rain, and the faces were distorted.
After hearing this, the patriarch said to Li Aniu again: "Tell me, why don't you go to the pharmacy to find someone?" Why is Lu Yangsheng a murderer? ”
Li Aniu was sweating profusely, completely panicked, but suddenly thought of what the shopkeeper said to Lu Yangsheng, and then said: "Nine... Jiu Ye said, don't let the pharmacy go to see him, Brother Liu and I were worried that Jiu Ye was angry, so I didn't go to the pharmacy to find someone, thinking that I would go to help, who knew that it would be too late after I went, I remembered that Lu Yangsheng came to Jiu Ye's house in the evening, Jiu Ye was fine during the day, but not at night, so I felt that Lu Yangsheng must have done it, so... ”
Hearing Li Aniu say this, Liu Mazi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally fooled over, looked up and secretly looked at Li Chengyuan, and saw that Li Chengyuan's face was still not good-looking, and his heart immediately bottomless.
Li Chengyuan closed his eyes and stopped for a while, took a deep breath, and said in a cold tone: "A group of stupid people, it's not as good as me, an old fool, which of you still has to give people a shroud after killing people and committing murder?" Still making your bed? It's too late to run, right? It's better for you to listen to the wind and rain, and be used as a gun in the middle of the night? Confused, get out of here. ”
When everyone heard the patriarch say this, they realized that something was wrong, and they whispered one by one.
When Liu Mazi heard the patriarch say this, he was suddenly anxious, and he couldn't care about crying, so he quickly choked up and said: "I wore the ninth master's longevity clothes, and I wore them." Patriarch, you can't favor the murderer, and the ninth master's money is gone, he must have been robbed. ”
Li Chengyuan was furious when he heard Liu Mazi finish speaking.
"If something happens to the ninth master, don't you find someone to catch the murderer first, and dress the ninth master in a shroud first? Are you really old and confused? Also, how do you know that the ninth master's money is gone? ”
Liu Mazi's face changed greatly, and he couldn't speak, so he could only cry again.
The patriarch sighed, didn't ask any further, but pointed to the box in his hand, and said: "See, the money of the ninth master is here, it was sent to me by the ninth master asked Lu Xiaozi to send it to me, and let the old man help arrange the aftermath, it's all here, don't look for it, go back, tomorrow everyone will take a hand, and first handle the aftermath for the ninth master, and when the ninth master is gone, let's talk about this matter, okay?" ”
As soon as Li Chengyuan finished speaking, the box in his hand was snatched away, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned around, and was relieved to see that it was his mother-in-law.
It turned out that the old woman heard the noise outside, and she was afraid that something big would happen, so she came out, and as soon as she came out, she heard her old man say this, and took the box in Li Chengyuan's hand.
"I don't sleep in the middle of the night and this person is being used as a monkey, interesting? Go back to me, I'll talk about it tomorrow, the ninth master is also an old man in the village, if you let the ninth master go uneasy, be careful of his skin. ”
The patriarch's wife was famous for her pungency when she was young, but now that she is older, she speaks even more unscrupulously, and there are few people in the town who are not afraid.
The rain in the sky became heavier and heavier, the torches were extinguished, and everyone was drenched with a chicken in soup, and they wanted to go back for a long time. Now seeing that the patriarch said so, he didn't want to be drenched here in the middle of the night, so he went home one after another.
No one in Luoxian Town dared to refute the patriarch's decision, and besides, the patriarch was reasonable.
Seeing that the crowd was dispersed, Li Aniu and Liu Mazi's faces turned green, but they didn't dare to say anything, so they could only let go of Lu Yangsheng in a daze, and planned to run away. But before they could run, they heard the patriarch's wife say: "Do less bad things, accumulate more virtue, otherwise be careful that the next generation will suffer." Li Aniu, tell your shopkeeper, don't do bastard things that have lost your conscience, and be careful of retribution. ”
After the two of them were scolded, they didn't dare to fight back, so they could only speed up their runaway.
Lu Yangsheng glanced at the backs of the two of them coldly, his hands clenched into fists, and his fingertips turned a little white.
When everyone left, there was only one Lu Yangsheng and the clan elder, Lu Yangsheng stood in the rain, tilting his head, I don't know if it was tears or rain, it was all over Lu Yangsheng's face.
Lu Yangsheng didn't speak, respectfully kowtowed to the patriarch three times, and turned around to leave. The two patriarchs wanted to call Lu Yangsheng to come in and hide from the rain for a while, but they never said it, and the patriarch's wife turned around and went to the kitchen with a sigh, and took out a few pieces of nests left over from the night, but Lu Yangsheng was nowhere to be found. The patriarch's wife sighed, turned around and twisted the patriarch's arm, and Li Chengyuan, who was in pain, inhaled cool air.
"Can't you stop the little kid?"
The patriarch shook his head, didn't speak, and pulled the old woman back to the house.
The Taoist priest who was sleeping in the thatched hut suddenly laughed, as if he had a good dream, and murmured, "The lights in the world are brighter than the stars in the sky." ”
After saying that, he turned around and went back to sleep.