Chapter 377: Sacrifice (2) Thank you for the reward of the book friend "Singing Butterfly"!
Jiang Yuan looked at the county order in front of him, on the night of that year, the county commander led the official messenger to flee to the east of the Acropolis, but he was attacked by demons and ghosts on the way, and only one official fled back to Taiping Town.
And now, with the arrival of Jiang Yuan, the butterfly effect has finally unfolded.
Jiang Yuan had left a few demons and ghosts to protect Su Yan's family, but last night, the five demons fought with other demons and ghosts that appeared in Taiping Town, which attracted the attention of most of the demons, but the damage to the living was greatly reduced, and the situation was not out of control.
This also led to the fact that the county magistrate did not run away in embarrassment last night, but has survived until now.
Jiang Yuan glanced at this county order twice, and then he quickly lost interest in this kind of mortal official.
He lifted his steps and prepared to walk towards the crowd.
Jiang Yuan could feel that Aunt Hong and the other five demons were hiding in the shadow of a private house, hiding from the sunlight in the daytime.
He still has to put away these demons and carry them with him, otherwise if something happens, he will lose his ghost energy.
The county commander was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that he was begging hard, but Jiang Yuan was unmoved.
He hurriedly ran to Jiang Yuan's side, followed Jiang Yuan step by step, and kept saying:
"Jiang Gongzi, now that Taiping Town is in danger, we can't count on outsiders anymore! The road in and out of Taiping Town has been blocked by officers and soldiers under the pretext of blocking the epidemic, and that is an order personally issued by the county guard. As a member of Taiping Town, please help!"
Jiang Yuan's footsteps did not stop, he said coldly:
"When I was dying of hunger, why didn't anyone remember that I was a member of Taiping Town?"
The county commander was slightly stunned, not understanding how a strong man like Jiang Yuan could face the problem of starvation?
However, the county magistrate still hurriedly said:
"Jiang Gongzi, it is the lower official who has neglected to supervise, and I also ask Jiang Gongzi to blame the lower official if he wants to blame. But for the sake of the villagers, I also ask Jiang Gongzi to help!"
Jiang Yuan was about to refuse, but suddenly his heart moved.
He remembered that the sacrificial field was not just to harvest the souls of the living? If he controlled the living, then to a certain extent, it would also create a check and balance on the sacrificial field. In this way, you may have a better chance of seeing the secrets of the sacrificial ground.
Otherwise, if a large number of living people fled into the mountains and forests in an attempt to leave the town, as they did back then, this situation would not be suitable for Jiang Yuan to control everything.
So Jiang Yuan changed his mind again, and he said:
"The county order, gather all the people in the city and wait for me at the yamen. ”
When the county magistrate saw Jiang Yuan's relief, he couldn't help but be overjoyed:
"Gongzi Jiang don't worry, the next official will do it!"
Jiang Yuan's eyes turned to Yuheng Zhenren sitting on the altar in the crowd, and he stretched out his finger to Yuheng Zhenren and said to the county order:
"That old guy can't be left behind. There are also Dong Tianxiong, the powerful man in the city, and Lin Zhenghao, the Qingfeng swordsman in his house, and neither of them is missing! After a quarter of an hour, I will go to the yamen to discuss with everyone. ”
The county magistrate didn't know what Jiang Yuan's plans were, so he hurriedly agreed.
Whether it is Haoqiang Dong Tianxiong or Yuheng Zhenren, they are the most authoritative people in Taiping Town at present. Others may not be able to invite them, but the county magistrate thinks that with his own face, he can still gather them at the yamen.
As for the Qingfeng swordsman Lin Zhenghao, the county order didn't know about this person, but since Jiang Yuan said it, then the county order would find him.
Jiang Yuan had already entered the crowd, and the people involuntarily gave way to it, for fear that they would inadvertently block Jiang Yuan's path.
In the impression of many people who know Jiang Yuan, before today, Jiang Yuan was still a poor scholar with no interest.
But now that Jiang Yuan has fallen from the sky, and even the county order has to grovel to talk to him, this makes everyone no longer dare to retain their original impression, and they have to look at Jiang Yuan with admiration.
In the crowd, Su Yan's parents kept squeezing towards Jiang Yuan, especially the cousin who shouted at Jiang Yuan:
"Cousin, wait for me! There was a misunderstanding last night, cousin, please listen to my explanation!"
Jiang Yuan ignored them and left directly.
He walked through the street and came to a temporarily uninhabited house near Su Yan's house.
Aunt Hong, the big-headed ghost, the hanged ghost, the fat man, and the five demon ghosts with one eye were hidden here, and as Jiang Yuan entered, they all appeared from the shadows where the sun could not shine.
Jiang Yuan opened his mouth and asked Aunt Hong:
"Did anything special happen last night?"
Aunt Hong replied:
"Master, there were a lot of demons in the town last night. However, they have just turned into demons, and they are not our opponents at all, and we have easily solved most of them. According to the master's instructions, we will protect Su Yan's family to the point that there is not a single hair missing!"
The fat man scratched his head and asked hesitantly:
"Master, can we open meat? There are living people everywhere around here, and I can't control myself anymore!"
As soon as the fat man finished speaking, the big-headed ghost interjected and reprimanded:
Master, the little one found out last night that the girl in the family was very beautiful, do you want the little one to take her captive tonight to serve the master?"
Jiang Yuan directly ignored the fat man and the big-headed ghost, and he asked Aunt Hong:
"Can you find out where those extra demons came from?"
Aunt Hong recalled:
"A unique evil aura fell from the sky, turning some dead people and domestic animals into demons. Even...... Even on the grave hill near the town, the remains of some ancient mounds have mutated. ”
After listening to this, Jiang Yuan thought of the ghost qi that was inexplicably generated in the sky when he left last night.
At that time, he was delayed at Su Yan's house for a while, and then flew into the clouds, but he missed the process of generating ghost qi.
Unexpectedly, after he left, the ghost qi fell from the sky again.
Jiang Yuan thought for a while, and then put these five demons into the golden silk bag.
After doing everything, Jiang Yuan walked out of the house and headed towards the yamen.
Outside the yamen, there were still a large number of people gathered, and they were crowded to wait and see, after all, there was such a big thing in Taiping Town, and everyone was very concerned about their future.
As Jiang Yuan approached, people couldn't help but be in an uproar and whispered about it.
Some people who had a relationship with Jiang Yuan tried to come forward to reminisce about the past. has no friendship with Jiang Yuan, and also wants to have a relationship with Jiang Yuan.
After all, Jiang Yuan is from Taiping Town, and he is not so strange to people, and he will not be as afraid as Wang Yan, the proprietress of Xiangyang City's drunken Xiao Tower.
Seeing that a large group of people were about to move closer to Jiang Yuan, the officials outside the yamen made timely moves.
These officials were explained by the county order, and they squeezed into the crowd viciously, protecting Jiang Yuan in the middle, so that Jiang Yuan could go smoothly towards the yamen.
The public hall in the yamen was temporarily used as a guest hall at this time.
All the powerful and powerful people in Taiping Town were summoned here by the county order.
The only exception was Su Yan's family, and the county magistrate learned that Jiang Yuan still had three relatives, so he also invited them over.
The county magistrate had also inquired at this time, Jiang Yuan was still selling books on the street yesterday, and today he suddenly became a master, and no one knew the reason for this.
When a person suddenly has great power, if he has a bad mentality, he will be prone to do some lawless things.
The county magistrate was worried about this, so he invited Jiang Yuan's relatives to come. If there are relatives present, if Jiang Yuan suddenly goes violent, there are people who can stop and persuade him.
Su Yan just sat quietly in the court.
And the mentality of the cousin and aunt at this time was extremely complicated, a little panicked but a little proud.
The people here are all big people in Taiping Town, ordinary people like cousins and aunts, and they don't even have the qualifications to talk to them on weekdays, and they can only give way in awe when they meet these people.
At this time, all these big people gathered around their cousin and aunt, which made the two of them habitually have some fear.
However, in addition to fear, they are full of pride, and have a kind of pleasure of being a villain.
Who would have thought that one day, his family would be qualified to sit with these big people.
And there are several big people who have secretly courted their cousins and aunts, and they have the intention of making friends.
At first, my cousin and aunt couldn't help but feel flattered, but as more and more people showed favor, my cousin and aunt began to become arrogant, and my cousin and aunt gradually became a little picky about the big people who wanted to make friends with the two.
is not the top person in the town, the cousin and aunt don't even bother to deal with it, even in the face of the top people in the town, the two of them are beginning to be able to talk to them.
In the course of the conversation, the cousin and the cousin also tried their best to use their cousin and nephew to try to suppress each other, and the two of them developed a strong self-esteem of inferiority and distortion because of their poverty and humility, and they were able to satisfy that distorted self-esteem in this way.
"Let me tell you, our Su family and the Jiang family can't be more close!
Uncle Cousin foamed at the mouth and talked loudly:
"Xiaoyuan's child, when he was born, he had a vision from the sky, and there was purple qi coming from the east! The fortune teller said that he was destined to be a general! In the future, he will definitely be rich and noble, and he will be in a high position! That child has been likable since he was a child, and he also respects me as a cousin very much!"
A group of big people in Taiping Town gathered around their cousin and kept saying yes.
My cousin was not willing to be lonely, and interjected and said:
"My family Su Yan, but I have played with Xiaoyuan since I was a child, and the two of them have played with each other when I was a child! It's a pity that Xiaoyuan's father and mother left early...... However, since Xiaoyuan only has me and the man in my family, the two of us naturally have to help manage his marriage. You don't know, Xiaoyuan's mother told me before that she wanted the two families to get married!
A group of big people turned to their cousins at this time and congratulated them repeatedly.
Su Yan listened to her parents' nonsense on the side, and was so ashamed that she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
She had persuaded her parents before, but they didn't listen at all, and they were still intoxicated with vanity.
At this time, I saw a group of officials outside the public hall surrounding a young man walking in, but Jiang Yuan had already arrived.
There was silence in the public hall for a moment, and the county magistrate hurriedly got up to greet him, but the Yuheng real person in the corner looked over more and more suspiciously.