Chapter 211

"Guo Wei?"

When the man known as Lin Laoba heard this, his face changed rapidly, his expression was a little uncertain, he stood in place and did not move, and he no longer treated Cao Dazong with the same respect as before, but with a little guard:

"Fourth Master Cao, what are you looking for Guo Xiaozi?"

The others also looked disgruntled and shouted:

"What the hell is the county going to do, collect taxes and pull people from time to time, is it to force the big guys to not survive, and then all pack up their belongings and go to the 'mountain wind' on the mountain!"

"That's right! Right! ”

Others responded loudly.

The atmosphere gradually stalemate.

The villagers with torches surrounded them with unkind faces, and with a fierce light in their eyes, they surrounded several people and gradually narrowed the circle.

Wu Shaochun was not afraid.

Although he is bare-handed, but with Zhao Fusheng and Kuai Manzhou, the person who controls the powerful ghost is like a tiger entering the flock for ordinary people, and it is not worth fearing at all.

Cao Dazong was panicked and anxious.

He had witnessed Kuai Manzhou's methods with his own eyes, although he didn't see how this little girl killed, but the robbers who blocked the way at that time all died in an instant.

These villagers don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they think that ordinary people are fighting and fighting, and they just need to be murderous.

"Your Excellency is looking for him, asking about what happened in his family, don't you be ignorant—"

Cao Dazong has indeed been in the township to collect taxes for many years, and many people in Fengmen Village are familiar to him, and they will say hello to each other when they meet each other on weekdays.

At this time, he was deeply afraid that these people would cause trouble, so he wanted to let Lin Laoba disperse the crowd first, and then slowly explain to him later.

But the villagers have long been shocked by the recent sudden recruitment of miscellaneous servants in the county, and they are afraid that this is a precursor to the new tax collection of the imperial court, at this time everyone is in danger, and the psychology of resisting the imperial court is very strict, seeing Cao Dazong suddenly came in the middle of the night, and brought a few strange faces, and the person to be seen is Guo Wei, who has recently 'colluded' with the town government and the town government-

The more everyone thought about it, the more panicked they became, Lin Laoba's face showed ruthlessness, and he waved his hand:

"Don't let them into the village first, and take people-"

"Don't mess around,-"

Cao Dazong saw that the situation was about to be chaotic, and immediately panicked.

Wu Shaochun squeezed his fists and stepped forward:

"What do you want to do!"

Cao Dazong was worried that something was wrong, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few errand officers who were probing his brain in the distance, his eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly:

"Jiang Laojiu, come here-"

These people were all sent by Kong Youde from the town to keep an eye on Guo Wei's family, but when these people heard Cao Dazong's shout, they all retracted their heads, half-squatted down, pretended not to hear, and turned their heads away.

"You-"

Cao Dazong jumped like thunder, scolding in his mouth, and he was much more energetic.

"Arrest them—"

"Bundle back to the village."

The villagers shouted loudly, and their faces showed bad intentions.

Kuai Manzhou pulled Zhao Fusheng's hand, Zhao Fusheng held her tightly, bowed his head and admonished:

"Don't do it yet."

She watched coldly for a moment, and found that the situation between the officials and the people of Long Town was even more serious than she had originally estimated.

The villagers who closed the gate were fierce, and these patrolling villagers were half bandits and half people, and they did not think much of the control of the yamen of the town government of the Han Dynasty.

In the face of Cao Dazong's sudden arrival, the villagers were resistant and did not trust his words, and the contradictions between the two sides were on the verge of breaking out.

The villagers are fierce and extraordinary, the town's errands are reluctant to come forward, Cao Dazong is so anxious that he trembles, and Wu Shaochun is not afraid of things because of Zhao Fusheng and Kuai Manzhou.

Zhao Fusheng saw everything in his eyes, the little girl wanted to do it, she grabbed the child, and suddenly called out to Wu Shaochun:

"Shaochun."

"Your Excellency."

Wu Shaochun, who showed a fierce demeanor, immediately retreated when he heard Zhao Fusheng shouting his name, and responded.

"Don't rush to do it yet, you have something to say."

Zhao Fusheng said with a smile.

One of the villagers said:

"My lord? What grown-up? ”

He was about to scold, but Cao Dazong found an opportunity to interject:

"Lord of the Demon Suppression Division! Ignorant dog thing. ”

"Demon Suppressor?"

"Demon Suppressor!"

When the villagers who were still fierce and vicious heard the words 'Demon Suppression Division', they were immediately stunned, and they all took a step back, and they all turned their heads to look at the man known as Lin Laoba.

"Lord of the Demon Suppression Division?" After Lin Laoba heard the 'Demon Suppression Division', he also put away his previous thoughts about wanting to do it, glanced at Zhao Fusheng suspiciously, and asked.

The people of the Han Dynasty may not be able to know who the state, county, and county demon suppression division is in charge, but they pay taxes every year, and most of the annual tax revenue flows into the treasury of the demon suppression division, so they naturally have a clear understanding of the existence and status of the demon suppression division.

"Your surname is Lin?"

Zhao Fusheng did not answer Lin Laoba's words, but questioned him.

These villagers have fierce eyes, and they are not pure and good men and women.

The reason why she didn't let Kuai Manzhou do it as soon as she came was purely because these people were currently villagers, not mountain bandits.

Lin Laoba hesitated, bowed his head and replied:

"Yes, my lord......"

For some reason, he was inexplicably a little flustered, and his eyelids kept jumping, as if he didn't answer the question well, and something big would happen.

"Man Zhou, your aunt's maiden name is Lin, and she is from Fengmen Village, right?"

Zhao Fusheng interrupted Lin Laoba's words, and just lowered his head and talked to Kuai Manzhou.

The child nodded.

The other villagers did not dare to speak out.

As soon as the three words 'Demon Suppression Division' came out of Cao Dazong's mouth, the villagers who were still arrogant before were suddenly stunned, and subconsciously took a step back, not daring to surround a few people like before.

"The eldest daughter-in-law of the late Kuaijumin in Kuailiang Village, Lin, is from Fengmen Village, and she is also surnamed Lin, what does it have to do with you?" After Zhao Fusheng finished talking with Kuai Manzhou, he looked at Lin Laoba again.

At this time, Lin Laoba was intimidated by her momentum, and replied honestly:

"I have a cousin who married into Kuailiang Village." When he said this, he looked frightened:

"But my lord, isn't there an accident in Kuailiang Village? Something has happened to the whole village—"

"That's none of your business." 赵福生 says:

"Since you are related to the Lin family, then you are lucky. This is a child from Kuailiang Village and the niece of your cousin. ”

Lin Laoba looked at Kuai Manzhou.

Under the firelight, the child snuggled up to Zhao Fusheng's side, she held Zhao Fusheng's hand with one hand, and pinched a dead branch that she picked up from nowhere with the other.

Seeing him looking at her, the little girl was not only not afraid, but also looked at him curiously.

In the middle of the night, Cao Dazong in the town suddenly arrived, brought a few strangers, and said that these people were the envoys of the Demon Suppression Division, and also named Guo Wei.

Kuailiang Village said a few days ago that there was a ghost case, and the entire village was almost dead.

But at this time, the distinguished guest of the Demon Suppression Division said that the child was the only survivor - Lin Laoba was shocked in his heart, and he always felt that today's events were strange.

But Zhao Fusheng's calmness and composure gave him an inexplicable pressure, and he had been dealing with murderous bandits in the mountains for many years, and he had his own sense of danger.

At this time, realizing that something was wrong, Lin Laoba quickly understood the way of current affairs:

"My cousin-in-law's family has a few brothers, it seems that the youngest Kuai Wu gave birth to a daughter, and they met each other when they were very young-"

Kuai Wu is notorious, and he does have an impression of Kuai Manzhou's existence, but he doesn't remember what he looks like.

After he said this, he glanced at Kuai Man Zhou with a strange expression, but saw that the child had thrown away the branch in his hand at some point, and turned his gaze away.

Lin Laoba didn't know why and breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you have an impression, it's fine."

Zhao Fusheng didn't talk nonsense with him either:

"I'm here to find Guo Wei, you take me to Guo's house, and then I have something to tell you."

The villagers looked at each other, Lin Laoba hesitated for a moment, and responded:

"Yes."

She didn't kill people, nor did she shout loudly, but after she spoke, she subdued Lin Laobazhen, and a conflict that was about to break out was wiped out in a moment.

Cao Dazong's heart fell to the ground, and he whispered a sycophant:

"Your Excellency is wise."

After a while, seeing that the situation had calmed down here, those town officials came over cheekily and pretended to say a few words, so angry that Cao Dazong kept scolding.

Lin Laoba and the others held torches to open the way in front, Wu Shaochun found an opportunity at this time, and asked incomprehensibly:

"Why should you be so polite to them?"

He said:

"These people are not a good thing, I think eighty percent of them are in collusion with robbers, and they don't respect adults, why don't you let -"

"Shaochun."

Zhao Fusheng interrupted him:

"I don't care if they don't have other identities at other times, but at this time they are people under the rule of Wan'an County, and they are villagers who have paid taxes."

Wu Shaochun was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Fusheng smiled:

"We harness the power of the ghosts, in addition to restraining the ghosts and preventing the spread of the ghosts, we should also restrain ourselves, not to indulge our killing intent, and become a body borrowed by the ghosts, what is the difference between this and the walking dead?"

She is optimistic about Wu Shaochun, and she is willing to give him a few words:

"We are ghosts, borrowing the power of ghosts, but still acting with human thinking, rather than controlling ghosts, and gradually assimilating our thoughts and behaviors with ghosts, so that ghosts defile human nature."

Wu Shaochun understood the meaning of her words, and immediately felt a little uneasy:

"My lord—"

"But your words are not all wrong, you have the strength in your hands, you can endure some situations, and some can't." 赵福生 says:

"If these people don't show up as villagers tonight, but robbers block the way, I won't stay alive."

When Zhao Fusheng said this, he was also aware of the change in his mentality.

After controlling the ghosts, although she has the god list by her side, she is still inevitably affected by the ghosts.

Since she was reborn, she has handled many ghost cases one after another, and has seen countless people who died in the hands of powerful ghosts, which makes her gradually blur the boundary between life and death, and saying such things to Wu Shaochun tonight is not only to remind him, but also to warn herself.

"I see, sir."

Wu Shaochun bowed his head and admitted his mistake:

"It's because I'm not thinking it through, and I'll take the adult's words to heart."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

At this moment, Lin Laoba suddenly said:

"My lord, Guo Xiaozi's house has arrived!"

Zhao Fusheng looked up and saw a field path winding forward under everyone's feet, and in the distance, more than ten zhang away, there were two rows of houses, one row was slightly taller, and there were several remote half-collapsed thatched houses next to it.

Lin Laoba pointed to the grass hut and shouted:

"My lord, that's Guo Xiaozi's family."

As soon as his voice fell, he suddenly shouted:

"Guo Shorty! Guo Shorty! ”

"This Guo Wei has no status in Fengmen Village."

When Wu Shaochun heard this nickname, he shook his head, with a look of disdain on his face.

He was also born in the countryside and knew the temperament of the villagers, most of whom were deceived and feared of evil.

Guo Wei himself has such an ugly nickname, and he calls him this in front of everyone, which shows that Guo Wei is bullied in the village.

After Lin Laoba finished shouting, the Guo family did not move, but someone suddenly opened the door in the house in front of him.

An old man came out and was startled when he saw so many people outside, and hurriedly slammed the door shut.

When Lin Laoba saw this scene, he was immediately a little unhappy.

He and the two villagers strode across the ridge and suddenly slammed the wooden door with all their might:

"Open the door, open the door!"

"There is really no food at home, several kings, and my third son is also-"

"Third Uncle Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about, I'm Lin Laoba, an adult came from the county, and he said that he wanted to ask about the Guo family, you hurry up and open the door!" Lin Laoba snorted.

The other two villagers slapped the door panel with a 'clang' sound, and the mud and sand on both sides kept falling, how could the door panel withstand such an impact.

After a while, the old man in the house couldn't stand it, and heard Lin Laoba's voice familiar, and reported the door to himself, and immediately opened the door again tremblingly.

When he saw that it was indeed a villager from the same village standing outside, the old man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief:

"Eighth child, it's really you, you scared me to death!"

"Who else is in the house?" Lin Laoba asked:

"Fourth Master Cao has brought the adults from the county, and I have something to ask you."

"Fourth Master Cao is here? What do you have to ask in the middle of the night? There is no one in my family, my three sons are out on business, and there are only a few women and children in the family, begging the adults to spare their lives-"

Zhao Fusheng's gaze passed over the old man with his hands in hand, and when he looked behind him, he could see that there were several figures hidden in the darkness in the room at this time.

Several stares stared out in disbelief.

As soon as the cry of a child sounded, it was immediately covered, and there were many people at the scene, but only the sound of the flame could be heard.

These people are probably worried that the court will arrest the strong men.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng immediately looked away.

She glanced at the anxious old man, and instructed Cao Dazong and the few servants who followed:

"Take him with you, and let's go to Guo's house to have a look."

When the servants heard this, they strode forward and set the old man up.

When the old man of the Zhang family heard her say this, he suddenly lost the strength to wail, let others hold him, and the whole person was paralyzed on the ground and dragged forward.

The Guo family is next to the Zhang family.

As Cao Dazong said in the carriage earlier, the courtyard wall of the Zhang family was not small, almost blocking the light of Guo Wei's gate.

There was only a trail between the two families that could be walked by one man with half an arm, and the ground was wet and full of mud.

There is no sunlight all year round, forming a gutter that emits the smell of mildew and fermentation of human and animal excrement.

The gate of Guo's house was close to each other, but someone stood behind the door and looked out through the crack in the door.

Everyone heard the nervous gasps coming from the house, and Cao Dazong shouted:

"Guo Wei, open the door, it's me, Cao Laosi."

After he finished shouting, no one in the house responded.

"Guo Xiaozi, Fourth Master Cao is here, someone from the county is here!" Lin Laoba also shouted.

Zhao Fusheng listened to these people shouting, but she didn't make a sound.

In the midst of these mixed stenchs, she faintly smelled a peculiar smell.

Kuai Manzhou took her hand, raised his head and whispered:

"Ghosts."