Chapter 12: Suspicions

"My lord, is there anything wrong?" Zhou Yan walked around the temple, and after finding nothing, his face was solemn, and he walked towards Li County.

With his second-best cultivation in the field, he can't find the slightest clue, so he can only hope for the other party.

Li Chengfeng shook his head slowly, his expression was more solemn than that of Fang Cai.

Wang Gui's family also entered the temple at some point, and at this time they were also standing behind Li Xian, looking at the case.

Seeing this, Zhou Yan had a bad heart, Wang Guiqi, as a father, he didn't have to say it, but as an ordinary person, it was too cruel. If you show him the words on the table, he will cry again for a living sacrifice.

At this time, the road out of the village has been blocked, and everyone has no way to retreat, and he will definitely make people panic.

What human beings fear most is the unknown, and in such a fantasy world, ordinary people are especially.

If you are not allowed to be frightened by this, the majority of those who approve of the live sacrifice will be in favor of the living sacrifice, and then their county government and his party may be overwhelmed by the enemy.

Thinking of this, he was shocked, could it be that the people behind the scenes had such an idea?

Gradually encroaching on the will of the villagers, so that they will stand up against the government, and the snipe and clam fight, and he sits in the shadows to reap the profits.

But at this time, it was too late to stop it, looking at Wang Gui's posture, he must have seen that line of words.

Zhou Yan was already thinking about how to deal with it at this time, but he heard Wang Gui say in confusion: "My lord, the words on this seem to have changed, what is written now?" ”

He is a rural farmer, he has never read a book in his life, how can he know how to read.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and was about to speak out first and prevaricate for him.

But another thing suddenly flashed through my mind, and I couldn't help but hesitate.

Li Xian is naturally also a shrewd person, Zhang Chong returned earlier, he already knew the details of Xiliu Village, and he also knew the reason why Liu Yun had been guarding from yesterday to the present.

But now it seems that the villagers obviously know about this matter, and although the reason is not understood for the time being, in order to implement the earlier practice of secrecy, he is not prepared to answer Wang Gui truthfully.

He was about to make up a sentence to fool him, but Zhou Yan interjected horizontally and said: "What it says is that when the fifteenth son is born, if there is no sacrifice, the whole village will be buried together." ”

Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, he needed time to digest these twelve words, and he didn't have the first attack.

Li Xian was also stunned, in his mind, Zhou Yan has always been a pragmatic and low-key good guy, why is he unusually today, so unsure of priorities?

But in the end, he was up and down in the sea and well-informed, but he was still silent, and only glanced at the other party imperceptibly.

Zhou Yan glanced at Li County, and when he said this, he had his own considerations.

Wang Gui finally came back to his senses at this time, he was a man who could put down his body, and he fell to his knees without saying a word.

Immediately after repeating the old trick, tears and snot grabbed the ground and wailed: "My lord, save us!" Help us! ”

He was now more and more sure that the living sacrifice must have been done by the Dragon King, otherwise why could he leave a word in front of so many people unconsciously.

"The Dragon King must have heard that he didn't sacrifice and was angry, and he wanted to blame our whole village!" He cried out like a mourner, "You have pity on our family, choose two sacrifices, choose two sacrifices!" ”

He cried and shouted, and walked forward on his knees, pulling Li County's trouser legs.

Li Chengfeng frowned, really annoyed by Wang Gui's selfish remarks.

Such fools, pitiful and hateful! He thought.

At the same time, I feel even more ashamed, as a parent official, but I can't do anything about the suffering of the people under my jurisdiction, which really violates the purpose of being an official for one term to benefit one party.

"Brother Wang, you better get up first, this is the Dragon King Temple, how about you shouting and disturbing the Dragon King?" Zhou Yan spoke up in time and admonished.

The other party's words and deeds are too disturbing, and if he is allowed to continue like this, they are afraid that they will not have time to discuss countermeasures.

This trick really worked, Wang Gui heard it, and immediately like a rooster that was choked by the neck, he couldn't scream.

It's just that he still knelt on the ground, silently grabbing Li Xian's trouser leg to show his determination.

"Wang Gui, you get up first, the matter of living sacrifice, the official has his own decision." Li Xian touched his beard and said ambiguously.

"Your Excellency, do you agree?" Wang Gui obviously understood in the direction of benefiting himself, and was overjoyed.

As long as the prefectural commander agrees to sacrifice, then his family's life will be saved.

"You get up first, I have something to ask Zhou Zhukuai alone." Li County was noncommittal.

Wang Gui hurriedly got up, looking at his happy appearance, he should have encountered something very good.

Li County drove everyone else away from the Dragon King Temple, leaving Zhou Yan alone.

When there were only the two of them left in the temple, he asked in a deep voice, "Xiao Zhou, why do you want to tell Wang Gui the truth about the words on the case?" ”

Zhou Yan asked solemnly: "My lord, do you have any doubts, according to the matter of the living sacrifice, only our county government should know about it, how did Wang Gui know about it?" ”

"Could it be that someone has come to the temple to see it?"

"Brother Liu and I have been guarding, and no one has ever come." Zhou Yan was very determined.

"Why is that?"

"Because of dreams." Zhou Yan's face was strange, and then he repeated the strange dream he had again.

"So, if that person repeats his old tricks, the villagers will definitely know, including Wang Gui, of course." He said as he looked at the new line of scarlet letters.

"You have also seen the virtue of Wang Gui, if you know that we have deceived him, it is inevitable that there will be another incident, it is better to tell him the truth." He smiled wryly.

This is also the reason why he wanted to hide it, but in the end he had to rush to talk.

If you make up a panic to stabilize Wang Gui first, the other party will have a weird dream at night, I am afraid that he will lift a stone and hit himself in the foot.

This man's idea was incendiary, and many villagers had already moved it.

If there is another dream, most of the villagers will probably be like Wang Gui, and they will be convinced of the Dragon King's affairs.

As people in the government, if they take the lead in lying and deceiving people at this time, they will be accused by him at that time, I am afraid that they will provoke the people's discouragement.

The people's hearts are unstable, and God knows what these villagers will do when their survival is in danger.

Li Chengfeng's brows were tightly locked, he didn't stretch out for a long time, and after half a column of incense, he finally let out a sigh of relief and said approvingly: "Your thoughts are very thoughtful." ”

He paused, and then said, "Cultivation is also good. ”

Earlier, the spiritual power fluctuated, and the other party was the only one other than him who noticed it, so it can be seen that this youngest cultivator has become the highest in the fast catcher.

He couldn't help but wonder, what he saw in the past, the other party's talent was mediocre, why could he improve by leaps and bounds?

"Rely on the cultivation of the lord and the king." Zhou Yan's heart tightened, and he secretly sighed that it was worthy of being a county order, his mind was so agile, he was busy and humble, and then asked, "My lord, according to what you can see, what should we do now?" ”

What he has mastered has been fully explained, and in the face of the current situation, he can only wait for the other party to decide.

"Wait and see." After Li Xian pondered for a long time, he stroked his long beard and slowly spit out four words.