Chapter Eighty-Four: Showing Strength
Chapter 84
"Damn Wu Dajing."
Pang Zhixian shook his hand, and the tip of the pen was pestled on the file, leaving a heavy black dot behind, destroying the beauty of the volume.
"My lord—"
"My lord, we heard him say that day, we-"
……
In the palace, the faces of the squires with white hair, Pang Zhixian and others suddenly changed, and the house was like an explosion, Pang Zhixian could hardly even hold the pen, and said with a sad face:
"My lord, how is this—how is this?"
Pang Zhixian was only worried about Zhao Fusheng's refusal to handle the ghost case before, but when he learned that someone in Wu'an Town reported a ghost case, he immediately brought the person to the Demon Suppression Division.
"Don't worry, the ghost has been sealed by me." Zhao Fusheng said lightly.
Zhang Chuanshi had also mentioned that she had sealed the ghost, but when Zhang Chuanshi said it, everyone was skeptical, and when Zhao Fusheng spoke again, the originally noisy palace hall was suddenly quiet for a moment.
Fan Bi and his younger brother glanced at each other, and Pang Zhixian turned his head to make eye contact with the squire on the side.
The injured Zhang Chuanshi was triumphant.
Zhao Fusheng didn't pay attention to the other people's reactions, she fell into deep thought.
The stand-in ghost was sealed by her, and it was no longer taboo to mention its existence at this time, so there was no need to worry about being marked by it and then killed.
But when Wu Dajing entered the Demon Suppression Division at that time, he did go with the 'curse' of the ghost.
With the law of stand-in ghost killing, anyone who mentions it and hears it will be marked - the biggest evidence is that when she heard Wu Dajing mention Wu Datong's eldest son and talk about this person, she felt itchy behind her ears, and couldn't help but reach out and scratch her ears.
And after scratching, a scar was torn under the ear.
At that time, after tearing his ear, he felt a hot pain, and Zhao Fusheng didn't know much about the stand-in ghost at that time, so he only thought that he was injured in the fight with the ghost who asked for food.
Thinking about it later, I realized that it should have triggered the law at that time, and a piece of skin and flesh was torn off by a ghost.
And he triggered the law of ghosts at that time, and it makes no sense that other people have nothing to do.
Even if she mentioned the existence of Wu Datong's eldest son at that time, so the situation was the most serious, but Fan Bi died and they should have more or less left the imprint of being injured by the ghost......
Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng looked up at everyone.
Pang Zhixian looked scared at this moment, but he didn't look like he was injured.
It's really strange, why don't these people who should be flagged have nothing to do?
Zhao Fusheng recalled the differences between himself and Fan Bidie and others, thought about it, and found that the only thing that the two sides had in common was that she left the Demon Suppression Division and went to Goutou Village, while Fan Bisheng's brothers and others did not leave Wan'an County.
Thinking about it this way, what kind of blessing does the county seat of Wan'an County have?
The ghost sent the gods, and Zhao Fusheng suddenly remembered the plaque hanging at the door of the Demon Suppression Division.
When she came back from this trip, the signboard of the Demon Suppression Division seemed to be brighter than before, and when she looked at the plaque, Fan Bisheng and Zhang Chuanshi's eyes seemed to be a little wrong.
She was suspicious by nature, and immediately thought: Could it be that there is any allusion to this plaque?
Zhao Fusheng wrote this down in his heart, and did not break it at this time, but continued:
"Let's get down to business, and keep recording."
Pang Zhixian had palpitations, and after hearing the killing law of the stand-in ghost, he always felt that his scalp was itchy, and he couldn't help but want to reach out and grab it.
But when the corner of his eye fell on Zhang Chuanshi, he was calmed by the wound on his body, and he didn't dare to move.
"The whole village of Kotou Village has been marked, and as far as I know, the first victim to die is Wu Dajing's mother, who delivered the birth of Wu Datong's eldest son, and then died on September 17 of the same year——"
In the middle, people died one after another, but Zhao Fusheng did not check the list carefully, and the officials of Wu'an Town would make statistics afterwards.
"After that, Wu Datong died in July 215, but the memories of the villagers were disturbed, and they mistakenly believed that Wu Datong did not die until July this year."
"His son Wu Liren married and had children when he became an adult, and all his sons were killed, but in the eyes of the villagers, he was blessed with many sons."
These truths are not only numb to Pang Zhixian and others, but even Zhang Chuanshi's eyes are in a trance.
He had also been to the village of Kotou.
What Zhao Fusheng said at this time, he was also present, and he heard Wu Dajing and the villagers mention it, but he only felt impatient when he heard it at the time, and he didn't feel that these were clues to handle ghost cases.
"Traces of people who have not been inhabited for a long time have been found in the wing room of Wu Li's house, the furniture is moldy and bacterial, and there are crumbs, so I suspected that the law of the ghost is memory manipulation."
The rest of the matter is similar to what Zhang Chuanshi said, and she roughly touched it.
From her suspicion that Wu Dajing was dead, to looking for evidence, and then Wu Dajing appeared out of thin air, she guessed that the ghost was by her side at that time - that is to say, she who chased this old case the most closely was the next target of the ghost at that time.
"I pieced together the human skins I collected on my body into paper figurines, and used them as bait to lure the ghosts to appear."
She spoke in a calm tone, but everyone shuddered at the thought of her being accompanied by ghosts and collecting human skins to piece together paper figures.
"Afterwards, I caught it with a murderous thing, and finally sealed it."
Zhao Fusheng did not tell the whole story of his real case.
She hid the fact that she found a human skin quilt in Wuli's house, and she didn't mention the existence of the ghost arm.
But even that's enough to amaze everyone.
The hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping.
Others didn't dare to speak out, only Zhao Fusheng narrated, and Pang Zhixian wrote a book.
This ghost case was handled really beautifully, Zhao Fusheng's handling methods were unique, he was careful and bold, and sealed the ghosts, and completely solved the ghost disaster once and for all, instead of driving it away.
This kind of case-handling method can be said to be unprecedented in the history of Wan'an County, and Fan Bidan was slightly distracted: if Wan'an County was not shrouded in ghost fog, Zhao Fusheng's performance in successfully handling ghost cases twice in the past month would have been rewarded by the imperial court immediately.
Needless to say, I am afraid that she will be immediately transferred and promoted to the state capital.
At that time, he and his younger brother also wanted to defect to Deputy Zheng of Baozhi County, and now it seems that Zhao Fusheng is brave and strategic, and he can maintain the stability of his temperament while controlling ghosts, and Deputy Zheng of Baozhi County is not worthy of lifting her shoes.
But she is good, but she is always a ghost, which is a hidden danger.
Zhao and his wife, the ghost disaster in the alley, she has already used the power of the ghost twice, if she handles the ghost case again, and uses the power of the ghost, it is as strong as Zhao Fusheng, how long can she live?
Fan Bi's eyes flashed, and finally he sighed silently and lowered his head.
"Alright, that's pretty much the end of the case."
After Zhao Fusheng finished talking about the case, he put the teacup in his hand on the table.
Pang Zhixian finished writing the last word and put the pen in his hand on the inkstone, only then did he realize that his arms were sore and his body was soaked with sweat.
"Your Excellency, please take a look."
He didn't dare to pinch his hands at this time, but dried the dossier, got up and paced in front of Zhao Fusheng:
"There is a stain in the middle, after you finish reading it, the lower official will copy it again."
Zhao Fusheng took the dossier and glanced at it, and nodded after confirming that it was correct:
"Yes."
After talking about the ghost case, she mentioned the next thing again:
"On this trip to Kotou Village, I also found a problem."
After speaking, her eyes fell on Pang Zhixian.
Pang Zhixian was looked at by her, and suddenly trembled.
"Your Excellency, please speak."
"The ghost disaster in Kotou Village traces its root cause, which started from Wu Datong's abduction and trafficking of women from good families."
She frowned:
"Wu Shaochun's mother mentioned that it was said that these abducted and trafficked people were hidden by the Yaofan Hutong in Wan'an County, and then transported to various villages and towns, and sold to the villagers."
After Zhao Fusheng was reborn in the Han Dynasty, the two ghost cases he had handled intersected due to mistakes.
Even from these two ghost cases, she vaguely realized a rule: poverty breeds evil, and crime is very easy to breed ghosts.
However, this is only her initial judgment, she has not solved the ghost case for a long time, and the argument is not sufficient, but she has such a hazy thought.
As for whether it is or not, it will come from time to verify.
She shook her head:
"Strictly inspect the food alley, and don't let a homeless person gather there."
Pang Zhixian nodded without hesitation:
"If Diao Min is found to be a traitor again, he will be driven away immediately."
Zhao Fusheng was silent for a long time, and then advised:
"The paper man Zhang is not simple, you must send more people in the alley to eat, pay attention to his whereabouts, if there is any suspicion, let people report me immediately."
"Yes." Pang Zhixian nodded again.
After Zhao Fusheng finished talking about this incident, he mentioned another thing:
"There are a lot of victims of ghost cases in Kotou Village, and I promised the villagers that they would reduce their taxes for half a year, and Brother Fan will handle this matter."
During this trip to Kotou Village, Zhao Fusheng realized that the people of the Han Dynasty had extremely heavy taxes.
The tax of the Demon Suppression Division is like a mountain on the heads of the people of Wan'an County, and she wants to move the mountain away, but this is not the time.
The job of the government is to deal with ghosts, and now there are not many people in the yamen.
Luckily, no one died in the ghost case of Kotou Village, but according to the past experience of handling the case, the mortality rate of the Ling Envoy was extremely high, and once he died, the government paid a lot of pensions.
In the absence of the support of the imperial court for the time being, this money still needs to be supported by taxes for the time being.
Fan Bidie heard her name, and hurriedly got up and agreed.
"I received an order for this case, named Wu Shaochun, but he was too injured to move at this time, and he should enter the county later if he is better, and then you can just look at the arrangement."
Everyone else nodded.
After finishing business, the other squires found an opportunity to speak:
"Your Excellency has worked hard this time, you have worked hard in Wan'an County, and we have nothing to repay, so we discussed it separately and made some gifts for our adults."
Hearing the word gift, Zhao Fusheng's eyebrows and eyes suddenly relaxed, and an old man holding an ebony cane said:
"It's just some gold and silver vulgarity, please don't dislike it."
"I don't dislike it."
Zhao Fusheng smiled:
"Like you county gentry, our Wan'an County is the most welcome, now I am in the county, if you have any relatives and friends in the family, you can bring Wan'an County to live."
She watched the mermaids carrying boxes outside rushing in, and said with a smile:
"As long as I am in Wan'an County for one day, I will protect you from the suffering of ghosts."
When everyone saw her rejoicing, they all smiled.
For a while, everyone patted Zhao Fusheng's ass, and Zhang Chuanshi wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't interject.
"Adults are naturally gods and men in the sky, and they are wise and decisive in handling ghost cases, and we all rely on adults to take care of us, and now we have a stable life."
"yes, yes."
"Speaking of which, I do have an old friend, who has a lot of money, he saw the ghost disaster with his own eyes in his early years, and he was lucky not to die, which scared him out, and now he lives in Baozhi County temporarily, and pays a lot of taxes and fees every year, just hoping to be protected by the Demon Suppression Division."
The old man with the ebony cane was the most complimentary, Zhang Chuanshi had always wanted to speak, and he had just opened his mouth several times, but before he could start, the old man saw his movements out of the corner of his eye, so he suddenly raised his voice and overshadowed his voice.
“……”
Zhang Chuanshi glared at him viciously, thinking that this old guy deliberately wanted to stop talking about himself.
Just as he was about to find a way to interrupt him, he suddenly mentioned an old friend.
And this friend happens to live in 'Hochi Prefecture'.
As soon as Baozhi County was mentioned, the conversation on the carriage came to Zhang Chuanshi's mind when he came back, and he shrank at once, not daring to speak again.
"Have you heard? There is a Zheng deputy commander in the Demon Suppression Division of Baozhi County, who is an extraordinary person, and it is said that he has commanded a fierce ghost and handled several ghost cases, which is particularly majestic. ”
“……”
“……”
Now not only Zhang Chuanshi wanted to scold, but even Fan Bisheng began to fidget.
Fan Wusu glared at the old man twice and said:
"Juved, what nonsense are you talking about in front of adults-"
He stood up weakly, pointed at the old man, and said:
"What does Deputy Ling Zheng of Baozhi County compare with the adults of our family."
"Sit down."
Zhao Fusheng looked at the Fan brothers with an embarrassed face with interest, and Zhang Chuanshi's eyes kept rolling.
As soon as her voice fell, Fan Wusu sat down obediently sweating profusely.
Yu Weide, who was scolded by him, grinned, revealing the missing big tooth gap on the left side:
"Fan Ling's words are good, and that's what I said to my old friend."
The old man pretended to be old and didn't look at the ugly faces of the Fan brothers and Zhang Chuanshi, and said:
"I don't know that my old friend dares to gamble."
He shook his head:
"Alas, we hit it off in our early years, and we promised our children to live together, and it would be nice if we could move in one place, but it's a pity, it's a pity that my old friend has concerns—"
After speaking, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhao Fusheng.
Zhao Fusheng knew that the idea in these people's hearts was nothing more than pretending to be stupid and trying to find out the details of her strength.
She also wanted to show some of her strength to deter everyone in the county, so when she heard this, she followed Yu Weide's words and asked:
"What concerns does your old friend have about moving into Wan'an County?"
"Your Excellency, you also know that now that the ghost fog has appeared in our county, the imperial court doesn't care about it." The old man lifted his cane to the ground, making a soft 'thump' sound.
Zhao Fusheng was not angry or annoyed, and said calmly:
"Let's get to the point."
Yu Weide stole a glance at Pang Zhixian, and the other squires nodded at him without a trace.
He gritted his teeth, and his voice softened:
"My old friend said that the strength of Wan'an County, at least not too much worse than Baozhi County-"
The strength of a county's Demon Division lies not in the number of envoys and miscellaneous servants, but in the strength of the Division that presides over the Demon Division.
"That is, I can't be weaker than Deputy Ling Zheng?" Zhao Fusheng asked.
She was too direct, and everyone was a little embarrassed for a while, and they didn't dare to speak.
After a while, Yu Weide, who provoked the topic, was afraid that she would be angry, so he stubbornly said:
"I think it's pretty much the same......"
"You say that Deputy Commander Zheng has used a demon-level ghost? How many cases has he handled? Zhao Fusheng asked again.
The hall fell silent for a moment.
As soon as Zhao Fusheng's question came out, everyone felt the pressure inexplicably, and no one dared to speak for a while.
"Speak!"
Zhao Fusheng said in a deep voice.
Pang Zhixian turned his head left and right, and the others retreated one after another under his gaze.
He scolded angrily in his heart, so he had to give up his hand and say:
"I heard that Deputy Zheng of Baozhi County is indeed a ghost, and as for handling the case, three cases have already been handled......" He was afraid that his words would touch Zhao Fusheng's brows, so he hurriedly added:
"But he just drove the ghosts away, but he was not as powerful as an adult, and he really solved the ghost disaster."
A small part of this is a compliment, but most of it comes from Pang Zhixian's sincerity:
"And the adults are young and strong, far more powerful than Deputy Zheng Ling."
"You're right." Zhao Fusheng was not humble after being praised by him, but accepted his praise calmly, and said lightly:
"I am indeed much more powerful than Deputy Ling Zheng."
After speaking, he casually continued:
"As for the evil ghosts, I have them too."
As soon as these words came out, it was like a shock, and the people in the entire hall who heard these words were all stunned.
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