Chapter Ninety-Four: Striking a Balance
Chapter Ninety-Four
Previously, Zhao Fusheng was not very kind, and sent two powerful ghosts that were about to recover for Baozhi County, but now that the bitter master has found the door, the contradiction between the two sides is very likely to be on the verge of breaking out, which is not good news for Wan'an County, which has no support from the imperial court behind it.
But after Zhao Fusheng heard Fan Bi's words, he didn't feel worried.
On the contrary, she seemed to be very calm, and responded casually:
"Hmm."
"My lord! The people of Baozhi County have come to the door! ”
Seeing that she was so calm, Fan Bi thought that she didn't hear what she said clearly, so he couldn't help but repeat it again.
Zhao Fusheng's expression was calm, and he nodded in response:
"I heard it clearly, you should catch the car well, and then go back to the government if you have something to say."
The people from Baozhi County naturally did not come to visit, it must have been Zhao Fusheng's case of sending ghosts, and people came to find bad luck.
Fan Bi still wanted to speak, but after seeing Zhao Fusheng get into the carriage, he began to close his eyes and recuperate, obviously not ready to continue talking about this matter at this time.
She has handled several ghost cases, and now her reputation has accumulated, which is not the same as Zhao Fusheng that day, although Fan Bisheng is anxious, seeing this scene, she has no choice but to suppress the anxiety in her heart, turn the horse's head intently, and go to the Demon Suppression Division.
When the car returned to the Demon Suppression Division, it heard the movement of the vehicle, and the people inside hurriedly rushed out.
The thin Pang Zhi County ran the fastest, and several elderly squires followed him, and when he saw the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Town Demon Division, Pang Zhi County asked Fan Bi to die:
"Is there any news from Lord Zhao?"
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Fusheng appeared from the car, and all the people who were anxiously waiting for the situation suddenly fell to the ground.
"My lord—"
Pang Zhixian's tone was choked at this time, and he almost burst into tears.
Last night, the coachman of the Demon Suppression Division went to pick up Zhao Fusheng in the alley of asking for food, but he was in vain, and learned that Zhao Fusheng had left the Confucius Temple in the evening and went to Meng Po's stall.
And Meng Po said that Zhao Fusheng had left a quarter of an hour ago, as if he had gotten into a strange carriage.
After the coachman returned to the town demon division to report the news, everyone didn't think about it at first, until later the people from Baozhi County rushed to Wan'an County to ask for the crime, and Fan Bisheng and others needed Zhao Fusheng to preside over the overall situation, only to find that her whereabouts were still unknown.
At this time, the town demon division of Wan'an County suddenly fell into a panic.
The squires were the first to get the news, and called out Pang Zhixian, who was already lying down, overnight, and everyone rushed to the Demon Division, and found that Zhao Fusheng was really not in the mansion, and everyone was immediately anxious.
The county government sent officials to find people, and the county squires also sent their families, and a group of people looked for a night, and even guessed whether Zhao Fusheng had an accident.
She has no relatives in Wan'an County, whether it is before or after Zhao Fusheng controls ghosts, the scope of her life is near the Demon Division, except for Liu Yizhen in the alley, she has no friends, where did she go overnight?
Some people speculate that she is resurrected, and some people speculate whether she has something to do temporarily.
There are different opinions, and Pang Zhi County is so anxious that it is all over the place.
It wasn't until this moment that many people in the mansion who saw Zhao Fusheng returning safely and made a mess of porridge calm.
After a night of hard work, Pang Zhixian had several boils on his lips and chin, which showed his anxiety.
"You, where have you been, my lord, so that we can find it."
Zhao Fusheng waved his hand, strode up the steps, and entered the main courtyard.
Pang Zhixian led a group of squires to follow her, following in his footsteps, fearing that she would disappear out of thin air again.
Today's Zhao Fusheng is the core of the entire Wan'an County, her safety is related to the lives of most people in Wan'an County, and as soon as she disappeared last night, the entire county government was not at peace.
Zhao Fusheng returned to the main hall of the mansion, and all the panicked handymen breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her appear, and then went to their own things steadfastly.
Fan Bi died as if he had found the backbone of the main heart, and motioned to the miscellaneous servants in the house to prepare meals and diets:
"My lord has been hungry for the night, so go-"
"No, you don't."
Zhao Fusheng sat on the main seat, motioned for everyone to sit down one by one, and then waved his hand and said:
"I've eaten at Meng Po's stall, and I'm not hungry yet, so tell me what happened last night."
The stronger she behaves at this time, the more she can calm people's hearts.
Pang Zhixian calmed down, felt his heartbeat gradually tend to ease, thought in his heart for a moment, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a cry outside:
"Your Excellency—is your Excellency back?"
The scarred Zhang Chuanshi rushed into the mansion with the soul book, and the moment he saw Zhao Fusheng, he was stunned, and then two tears burst out of his eyes:
"My lord, my good lord, I'm glad you're not dead."
Tears washed over the scars on his face and turned into bloody tears.
"I haven't prepared your coffin yet—"
“……”
The corners of Zhao Fusheng's eyes twitched, and Fan Bi died hurriedly scolded:
"Lao Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about, my lord is a celestial phenomenon, how can you be, you will die!"
Zhang Chuanshi, who couldn't stop crying, raised a pair of swollen eyelids like goldfish when he heard this, and retorted:
"Why not, the names of the adults were gone last night!"
As soon as he said this, everyone's hearts tightened.
After entering the Demon Suppression Division, his name is in the soul book, which is equivalent to signing a contract with the ghost and becoming the ghost's soul.
There are only two scenarios in which the name on the soul book is missing: one is that there is an order from the imperial court and he is temporarily transferred from his original position; And the other is that the person has died, and the soul book will naturally lose its control over the person.
"Okay, stop howling."
Zhao Fusheng motioned for Zhang Chuanshi to shut up, and then said:
"Moving on to the big events that happened last night."
Zhang Chuanshi immediately closed his voice, stood behind Zhao Fusheng vigilantly, and saw that she did not object, and proudly pursed the corners of his mouth to show a smile, and raised his chin in a demonstrative manner.
Pang Zhixian wiped his face and said:
"Yes."
"My lord made an appointment with Zhang Xilai yesterday-" Pang Zhixian said this, and he was afraid that Zhao Fusheng would not know who he was talking about, so he hurriedly said:
"Zhang Xilai is the driver who drove for you yesterday."
"I know." Zhao Fusheng nodded, "You go on." ”
Her mood was as stable as ever, and her temper was not bad, Pang Zhixian breathed a sigh of relief again and said:
"He said yesterday that you instructed him to send you to the alley where you want to eat, not to disturb your gathering with friends, and to let him pick you up in the evening."
Later, Zhang Xilai went as promised, but did not receive anyone.
Zhao Fusheng already knew these things from Liu Yizhen and Meng Po, and she said:
"Tell me directly about what happened in the county."
"Two big things happened. One is about your whereabouts, and the other is—"
Speaking of this, Pang Zhixian turned his head to look at Fan Bi Death, with a headache on his face.
When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he guessed that Pang Zhi County was referring to the fact that people from Baozhi County came.
"You told us last night—"
Because Zhao Fusheng sent the ghost and later wanted to dig back the door panel of the big murderous thing, this matter is not very glorious, although Pang Zhixian and others knew that there was such a thing, but in the end, they only knew where the bodies of the Zhao couple were buried, and they did not know the details.
Fan Bi died did not explain the words, only vaguely said:
"We wanted to gather people this morning, and we originally planned to go to Baozhi County tonight, and we wanted to get things done as soon as possible, but we didn't know that last night, someone from Baozhi County came."
Zhao Fusheng's first reaction:
"Zheng He is here?"
"How can that—"
Fan Bidie shook his head without hesitation, and then he reacted:
"How do you know the name of Vice Commander Zheng?"
The original Zhao Fusheng was just an ignorant country girl in Jiumen Village, and she had never been out of Wan'an County in her life.
Later, the reason why she knew about the existence of Zheng Vice Ling in Baozhi County was because the Fan brothers thought about defecting to this person.
Fan Bidan has a cautious temperament, he thought about it, and did not mention the name of Zheng Vice Ling, how did she know that Zheng Vice Ling's name was 'Zheng He'?
Could it be—
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhang Chuanshi.
Zhang Chuanshi hurriedly shook his head:
"I don't know, I didn't say that."
Zhao Fusheng sneered twice when he heard this.
Zhang Chuanshi realized that something was wrong and hurriedly remedied:
"It's my fault, my lord, I'll be the first to let you know next time there's any news."
Fan Bi always felt that she knew Vice Commander Zheng's name was very strange, she disappeared mysteriously last night, and even her name disappeared from the soul book, and now when she came back, she called out Vice Commander Zheng's name-
He couldn't think of an answer in his heart, and he didn't dare to ask.
Zhao Fusheng was too lazy to quarrel with Zhang Chuanshi, so he said directly:
"What's the matter with someone from Baozhi County?"
"......" the corners of Fan Bidie's mouth twitched, reminding her:
"My lord, your father's corpse—"
"The ghost has been revived?" Zhao Fusheng understood immediately.
"Yes."
Fan Bi nodded his head.
Zhao Fusheng was silent for a moment and said:
"We'll talk about it later."
Although this ghost case did not happen on the territory of Wan'an County, the bodies of the Zhao family and his wife were always sent by her, and now the resurgence of the ghost caused trouble to Zheng He, even if he killed people indiscriminately, it was always civilians who died, and Zhao Fusheng had a plan to clean up this mess in his heart.
"After I disappeared last night, is the situation in Wan'an County still stable?"
She pressed the case of Baozhi County in her heart, and then asked again.
When Pang Zhixian and the squires heard this, they glanced at each other, their faces showed embarrassment, and they didn't know how to speak for a while.
Zhao Fusheng's eyes swept around the hall.
Since she took control of Wan'an County, she has taken almost all the remaining squires in the county, and her memory is naturally to keep in mind these gods of wealth who send money from time to time.
At this time, there were several fewer squires in the hall of the Demon Division, which showed that her disappearance had caused anxiety in the hearts of these people.
"How many people are packing up to leave Wan'an County?" She asked.
After saying that, she laughed to herself:
"Or who has left?"
Pang Zhixian saw that she guessed the truth, but she was not as angry as everyone expected, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and whispered:
"It's just Xu Zhu."
At present, it is only a squire surnamed Xu who is leaving.
Because Zhao Fusheng had handled two ghost cases in a row before, and the outstanding talent he showed in handling the cases, the squires and wealthy families left in Wan'an County still had great confidence in her.
Even if she disappeared mysteriously last night, and the name on the soul book disappeared for a while, most people still watched and watched, and a small number of people didn't believe that something happened to her, and they were very active in finding her.
"Forget it, everyone has a life." Zhao Fusheng waved his hand:
"Let's go, Pang County ordered people to guard the checkpoints in the county later, and those who walked through were recorded in the roster, and they were not allowed to enter Wan'an County again in the future!"
She is usually a good talker, but her attitude in this matter is unusually tough.
Pang Zhixian and the others felt a pang in their hearts, and then they all responded in unison.
The business is over for the time being.
Zhao Fusheng's return brought the Demon Suppression Division, which had been in chaos, back to order, and Fan Bidan was relieved, and then he saw Pang Zhixian constantly giving him a look.
He knew the thoughts of Pang Zhixian and the others, in fact, he was also curious about Zhao Fusheng's whereabouts last night, and after hesitating for a few breaths, he dared to ask:
"What happened to you, last night? We searched for a long time, and we were very worried. ”
As soon as Fan Bi died's words spoke, the others hurriedly echoed:
"Yes! Oh, yes! We are all concerned about your safety, my lord. ”
"I had a ghost case last night—"
Zhao Fusheng remembered the scene last night, and his heart palpitated:
"I almost didn't come back."
Everyone actually speculated whether she had a ghost last night.
But after all, this is in Wan'an County, in the past, it may have been that Yu Wei of the Demon Suppression Division was still there, and the probability of a ghost disaster in the county was extremely low, even if there was a ghost case, it would soon be solved by the people of the Demon Suppression Division.
The ghost disaster in the rice alley has been delayed for a long time because of the accident of the Demon Suppression Division.
Since Zhao Fusheng solved this ghost case, everyone didn't expect that there would be a ghost case in the county, and they were suddenly frightened.
"There is another ghost case in the county?"
Zhang Chuanshi shook his head and asked:
"What a ghost case, it actually trapped the adult, and almost erased the adult's name from the soul book."
Speaking of this, he took out the soul book that he held tightly in the palm of his hand, but found that although Zhao Fusheng's name was on it, the handwriting was faint from the blood-red shadow of the villain, and it was not as vivid as others.
"It's-"
He looked at it again, gently reached out and wiped it twice, but Zhao Fusheng's name was still not clear.
On the contrary, his fingers seemed to be stabbed by the book of life, Zhang Chuanshi screamed miserably, only to see a blood hole the size of a grain of rice broken on his fingertips, and the blood 'boomed' outward, and it was quickly swallowed by the book of souls.
"Ouch!"
He was startled, and almost threw away the jade book in his hand, shocked:
"What's going on?"
Zhao Fusheng saw it in his eyes, but vaguely understood something.
The book of soul life has the power to restrain the people recorded in the jade book, and the book is generally in the hands of the commander, if the commander intends to punish the disobedient order, he can use the soul book to give them hardship.
She once cleaned up Zhang Chuanshi in this way.
But at this time, Zhang Chuanshi rubbed her name, but she didn't feel it at all......
"My life-soul-stand-in-"
Zhao Fusheng figured everything out in an instant.
The moment the stand-in paper man was released by her, she took her place, in addition to being tied to the carriage for her, but also restraining her in the soul book.
At this time, although the person who was recorded in the soul book was actually her, because of the stand-in paper man, in fact, all the cause and effect had been replaced by a stand-in ghost.
The two ghosts fight, and it stands to reason that although the level of the ghost is high, it is far away in the imperial capital, but it should be suppressed by the evil-level stand-in ghost.
But the stand-in ghost is fully bound by the ghost carriage, so it is disguised and controlled by the soul book full of ghost spells.
One thing overcomes one thing, and a clever balance is reached, Zhao Fusheng, who should have been bound to the soul book, got out skillfully!
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