Chapter 7: The Land of Abandonment
Chapter VII
Fan Bisheng could see that Zhao Fusheng was unimpressed with his words, he was a little surprised at first, but then he seemed to think of something, and smiled:
"There's no way around it."
He has been in the Demon Suppression Division for many years, and he has also dealt with powerful ghosts with the head of the Ling Division, and he knows the horror of ghosts.
After all, Zhao Fusheng is an ordinary person's thinking.
She was born in the people, and she thought that she was successful in controlling ghosts, so she was prosperous for a while - in layman's terms, she didn't know the height of the sky, and she didn't have an accurate prediction of her own strength, so she still had useless pity.
Fan Bi thought to herself: After she dealt with ghosts, knowing the power of ghosts, she was afraid that she would reverse her thinking.
But instead of putting what he thought into his mouth, he said:
"But there is another way to temporarily stop the ghost disaster, that is, the risk is much greater."
Zhao Fusheng always felt that Fan Bi died when he said this, and glanced at himself vaguely.
She turned around, the two looked at each other, and Fan Bi showed a meaningful smile, which made Zhao Fusheng feel that he had something to say.
"What risk?" She asked.
"Since you already know that our Demon Suppression Division has suffered a ghost disaster, which has caused the death of the Demon Suppression Division to the point that only our two brothers are left...... Fan Bi Death said this, paused, and then said:
"But do you know what's going on with this ghostly disaster?"
Zhao Fusheng has just arrived, and he doesn't know much about this world, and the words that scared the Fan brothers before were all based on existing information, so how can he know the source of the demon suppression division at this time?
But she was cautious, and she was not discouraged by being asked, but frowned, and recalled Fan Bi's words in her mind again and again, and then she extracted some key useful clues.
'Ghost disaster', 'ghost control'.
"The last director of the Demon Suppression Division is named Zhao Qiming, he is a ghost master, could it be that this ghost disaster is related to the ghost of Zhao Qiming's envoy?" She asked tentatively.
Fan Bidie originally thought that she would not be able to answer such a question, but she didn't expect that she would go straight to the core of the problem as soon as she opened her mouth.
"You ......"
His face changed slightly, and he originally wanted to give her a dismissal, but at this time, not only did he not scare people, but she guessed the facts, and he couldn't help but ask:
"How do you know?"
The verbal confrontation between the two was also a kind of temptation for each other, and when Zhao Fusheng saw his expression, he knew that he had guessed correctly, and immediately smiled:
"I guess."
Fan Bidie's expression was a little ugly, he was silent for a while, and then let out a long sigh at the end:
"You guessed right."
"As I said, ghosts cannot be completely killed, but they can be harnessed, and our predecessor, the Registrar, is the one who can harness ghosts. Those who can control the ghosts will have some of the abilities of the ghosts, but they may also be eaten by the ghosts. ”
After Zhao Fu was born and died, the whole person was reborn, and it was difficult to grasp it.
Fan Bi was upset, but he couldn't hold his breath, and after realizing that something was wrong with his mentality at this time, he no longer played dumb riddles with her, but said directly:
"Nineteen years ago, the strength of the Demon Suppression Division in Wan'an County was weak, until there was a person named Zhao Duan at that time, this person was a person who controlled the ghosts, and the ghosts he possessed were to take the first, and once he accepted the ghost's 'gift', it would be like making a deal with the ghost."
Ordinary people trade with goods, and trading with ghosts is fatal.
He talked about the Demon Suppression Division, but he mentioned nineteen years ago for no reason.
However, this person is quite scheming, and suddenly mentioned that there must be a reason for it nineteen years ago, Zhao Fusheng heard him say the back, and he really realized the source of the problem.
"In other words, the powerful ghost who killed 'me' before was the ghost of Zhao Duan's envoy nineteen years ago?"
She looked a little awkward when she mentioned 'me'.
However, Fan Wubi didn't care about such a trivial matter, it was normal for anyone to escape death in the hands of ghosts, and it was normal for them to have different expressions when mentioning 'ghosts'.
He didn't think much about it, but said:
"Yes."
Zhao Duan...... Zhao Qiming, is there anything related to these two? Zhao Fusheng asked again.
"They are father and son." At this time, Fan Wusu was very cooperative, she asked, and he answered honestly.
"Ghosts can also inherit?" Zhao Fusheng was a little surprised.
Fan Wusu had a rare humor and said:
"In this world, anything can be property." After speaking, he added:
"As long as you have the ability, ghosts can also be 'possessions' that you can control, and naturally they can also be inherited."
He said:
"Zhao Duan is very powerful after making this powerful ghost, the ability of this ghost is against the sky, and it can restrain a lot of ghosts, so during Zhao Duan's reign, Wan'an County's Demon Suppression Division is famous, and even because of good public security, many people heard that Wan'an County was protected by Zhao Duan, and they once moved here with their families."
At that time, Zhao Duan was a rare upright person among the ghost masters, and he was rewarded by the imperial court, and he was soon promoted from the original commander to the rank of general.
In addition to being in charge of Wan'an County, the Demon Suppression Division of the two nearby counties is under his control.
"But the good times don't last long, dealing with ghosts, there will eventually be a time when ghosts will be eaten back, and in just one year, Zhao Duan has a tendency to get out of control."
Although Zhao Fusheng had guessed from Fan Bi's words that the ghost rider had no good results, she was still taken aback when she heard that it had been out of control in just one year.
"Before he lost control, the people sent by the imperial court restrained the ghosts he commanded and handed them over to other people, which was also the next commander of Wan'an County to take over his position."
Fan Bi died:
"By the time Zhao Qiming arrived, this ghost thing had already changed hands to many people."
Judging from the timeline of Zhao Duan's ghost control and then out of control, in the past eighteen years, the Demon Suppression Division in Wan'an County has been replaced very frequently.
And after Zhao Qiming's death, it was the turn of the original Zhao Fusheng, and not long after, the original Zhao Fusheng also died.
Zhao Fusheng was frightened when he heard this, it seems that this head of the Demon Suppression Commander Division seems to be really a high-risk profession.
"As I said, dealing with ghosts is dangerous, and in the process of being harnessed, ghosts may also advance to the next level, becoming more dangerous and difficult to control." Speaking of this, Fan Bi let out a long sigh:
"Sure enough, not long after Zhao Qiming controlled this ghost, he was quickly attacked by the ghost, and finally the ghost lost control, and then began to slaughter the Demon Suppression Division."
"The ghost's killing rule is to create a ghost domain first, and once it enters its domain, everyone is its prey." It just so happened that when Zhao Qiming had an accident, the Demon Suppression Division was within the scope of its ghost domain, and in the end, everyone except for the Fan brothers died tragically.
At that time, after the people in the nearby streets learned that the Demon Suppression Division had an accident, they were all frightened and moved away overnight, for fear of being affected.
The once famous town demon division of Wan'an County fell overnight, and many wealthy families fled Wan'an County.
"And our brother found the heirs of this generation of the Zhang family, and after his guidance, he came up with a way to lead the water to the east."
At this point, the situation is clear.
Fan Wu said:
"Don't blame us, human life in this world is like a mustard, everyone doesn't want to die, and there is no way to do it."
According to the principle of this ghost killing, Zhao Fusheng triggered its killing rules at that time, and Zhao Fusheng's blood relatives were involved, once her blood relatives died, as long as others avoided its gaze, this ghost would naturally leave.
When it falls to other places, it should be a headache for the local demon suppressor, and then find a way to drive it away.
The Fan brothers made a careful plan, and everything was going well, but unfortunately there was such a mistake last night, and Zhao Fu came back to life, breaking the plan of the two, and making Fan Bi die also messed up.
After figuring out the cause and effect, Zhao Fuchang sighed.
The original Zhao Fusheng was really unlucky, she was obviously treated as a substitute ghost by the Fan brothers, and she died unjustly, and her parents also died tragically in a daze.
However, it is precisely because of the death of the original owner that she has a chance to come back to life, and if she has the opportunity in the future, she will not mind avenging the original Zhao Fusheng.
But at this time, she is obviously not the opponent of the Fan brothers, revenge and anger are far away, she has to find a way to get out of here and get out of the control of the Fan brothers.
"I know that your parents died tragically, and you have a grudge in your heart-" After Fan Bisheng finished saying this, seeing that Zhao Fusheng had not spoken for a long time, he couldn't help but say again:
"But with all due respect, this world is like this, your father and mother will not die from this ghost disaster, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape death after that-"
The people with financial resources and power have long since moved out of Wan'an County and taken refuge in a place where powerful ghost handlers are located, Wan'an County will sooner or later be a dead land, and almost all those who remain are poor people who have nowhere to go.
"After Zhao Qiming lost control, why didn't the imperial court send someone to take over?"
Zhao Fusheng suddenly thought of a question and asked.
Fan Bi died for some reason at this time, she was still curious about the Demon Suppression Division, but he had a request, so he couldn't help but feel uneasy at this time, and sighed again:
"This is where we were abandoned by the Imperial Court—"
He saw that Zhao Fusheng was a little surprised, and then he remembered that since the two brothers brought her here from Jiumen Village to the present, they only regarded her as a substitute ghost, and did not bother to talk to her about the past of the Demon Suppression Division, and it was normal for her not to know these things.
"As I said earlier, once a place gets out of control and the imperial court is unable to deal with this kind of crisis, it will seal the place and leave it to fend for itself."
Zhao Fusheng had a bad premonition in his heart, nodded and said:
"Yes, is Wan'an County ......?"
"There has been a ghost fog in our Wan'an County!" After speaking, he hurriedly added: "Not only Wan'an County, but other nearby counties have appeared ghost fog, but Wan'an County is the most serious." ”
"What is the ghost fog?" Zhao Fusheng asked.
He said solemnly:
"It is rumored that the appearance of the ghost fog may give birth to a blood moon, and as soon as the blood moon comes out, a hundred ghosts may travel......" When he mentioned the key words of 'blood moon' and 'hundred ghosts', his eyes showed a look of fear:
"It's okay for a hundred ghosts to travel, and even worse, they may raise big ghosts - disaster-level ......" After he finished speaking, he quickly shook his head:
"No, even disaster-level ghosts are possible."
“……”
Zhao Fusheng didn't know anything about the information he said in his words, she just felt the panic of Fan Bidying.
This kind of panic is very easy to infect people, especially when she has just come back from the dead, and she is even more unfamiliar with the Han Dynasty, and she is even more confused when she first hears about ghost disasters, ghost fog, blood moon, etc.
The ghost killing thing shocked her previous cognition, but she still forcibly calmed herself, not to be affected by Fan Bi's death, but asked:
"There was also a blood moon in the Han Dynasty before?"
Fan Bi Death looked at her in disbelief:
"How is it possible, the ghost fog alone is enough of a headache. More than 30 years ago, a ghost fog caused a hundred ghosts to travel and slaughtered several counties and towns, and the imperial court spent a lot of money to quell this disaster. ”
"More than a hundred years ago, Xu Yu, the yellow-level general of the Demon Suppression Division, commanded a special ghost power, and her ghosts have the power of prediction, so she also has a nickname, called 'Qiankun Pen'."
"This pen can speculate on the future and spy on many unknown things, including mentioning that the Han Dynasty will be shrouded by a blood moon in the future, and mankind will be destroyed."
"......" Zhao Fusheng was speechless for a while when he heard this.
She finally understood the seriousness of the 'Ghost Mist' and the 'Blood Moon', but she didn't expect that she had just come back from the dead and would face such a crisis.
"The imperial court has been preparing for this all these years, so after the ghost fog appeared in Wan'an County, it aroused the vigilance of the imperial court, and after discovering strange things, it sent people to come, but there was no way to solve the ghost fog crisis, and the people sent by the imperial court died one by one, and in less than a year, six or seven people were replaced! To tell you the truth, Zhao Qiming is the last person sent by the imperial court to take over the mess here. ”
Unfortunately, he was unlucky and died here quickly.
After discovering that there was no salvation and that there was a high chance that more people would be hired, the imperial court had apparently decided to abandon it.
After all, compared to the poor ordinary people, the rare and controlled ghost riders are obviously more precious to the imperial court.
"......" Zhao Fusheng was silent.
Since Fan Bisheng decided to communicate with her frankly, this person has behaved very cooperatively, with a posture of knowing everything, but Zhao Fusheng does not dare to believe all what he says.
At this time, his tone and demeanor when he mentioned 'Ghost Mist' and 'Blood Moon' always made Zhao Fusheng feel that human life was not worth mentioning, not only for individuals, but also for the county seat to be given up by the imperial court.
Her dark suspicion: Fan Bisheng said this, naturally it does not rule out the authenticity of these two, but it may also imply that she can't blame the two brothers for the original Zhao Fusheng's death......
But it's also possible that she's just suspicious.
As soon as Zhao Fusheng thought about it, he listened to Fan Bi die:
"So don't blame my two brothers......"
"......" Zhao Fusheng was speechless.
"What I said is true!" When Fan Bi saw her expression, he knew that she didn't believe it, and emphasized:
"It's all true, and we're just trying to stay alive."
While the two were talking, Fan Wusu came out with a heavy rosewood box, and put it on Zhao Fusheng's side with a 'bang'.
The moment the box landed, it shook a lot of ash, and Zhao Fusheng pondered for a long time:
"What do you want from me telling me this?"
The Fan brothers are not good people, and Fan Bi is even more thoughtful, he can't be so kind as he tells himself about these things for no reason.
"Our brother is the envoy of the Demon Suppression Division, but you can also see that this is not a place to stay for a long time, and we two brothers want to leave here and make a living elsewhere."
"If you want to go, you can go-" Zhao Fusheng responded.
Fan Bi shook his head:
"We can't go." He looked at Zhao Fusheng's puzzled expression, and said calmly:
"We are limited by the soul book and can't leave, so I want you to raise your noble hand and take my brother's life soul out of the soul book."
When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
The two brothers killed the original owner, and at this time, Fan Bi Death dared to make such a request to her.
She grinned, but didn't say what was in her mind.
Fan Bi is not a fool, since he said so, he must have the certainty that will make her agree, and she waits for his next step.
"In return, we'll tell you some of the news we've gathered over the years about the ghosts—and we'll leave you something, and we'll be willing to make a referral to guide you to the paper man."