Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 96 Seeing the City God

The next day.

Yishui County Government Office, lobby.

Su Hao sat next to Li Liao, looking at a young woman holding a clay puppet, with a strange look in his eyes, but it wasn't his thief soul awakening, he was looking at the clay puppet in the woman's hand, because Uncle Fu Tell him that he felt a strong smell of incense from the clay puppets.

"Su Baihu, why don't you come to the interrogation."

Looking at Ma Wang's kneeling in the hall and the child held in her mother-in-law's arms, Li Liao felt his head was as big as a bucket. It would be fine for him to interrogate a murder case, but this kind of thing related to evil spirits would not be involved. It's within his capabilities.

"Lizhi County, you can interrogate."

Hearing Li Liao's words, Su Hao shook his head lightly and said, "Just follow Li Zhi County's usual interrogation method."

Su Hao has no interest in judging people. The clay puppet in the woman's hand has already explained everything. This child is a ghost. The imperial court is very strict about offering incense. According to what Uncle Fu said, if you want the incense to be strong on the puppet. This level requires at least hundreds of thousands of people to worship for a long time, and the ghost statue he and He Liusan met back then was no more than this level.

Moreover, the soil on this clay puppet is very new, obviously only made in the last two or three years. The Ma family is just ordinary people, and it is impossible for so many people to enshrine this clay puppet. Therefore, the only explanation is that this clay puppet was made by a Ghosts and gods with a lot of incense have possessed them, and they have been possessed for a long time.

However, ghosts and gods do not appear in the world, so the ghosts that accompany the gods are the only ones who possess the clay puppets.

So now he is even more curious about why this ghost, which can be regarded as a ghost, put a ghost fetus that was born after a lot of hard work in the Ma family. You must know that although this ghost fetus is stronger than ordinary children, it is placed together In the hands of ordinary households, it is unreasonable to think about it.

Snapped!
At this time, Li Liao slapped his startled wood on the wooden table, and a loud noise woke Su Hao up from his contemplation instantly.

The next moment, Li Liao sternly shouted: "Mr. Ma, the chief of the East Village accused you of committing adultery and tarnishing the reputation of the East Village. Can you plead guilty?"

Li Liao's sudden shout made Ma Wang's family startled, and after being frightened, Ma Wang's hastily cried: "The county lord is wronged!"

"My wife's husband died unexpectedly two years ago. The woman's mother-in-law has already urged her to remarry time and again. The neighbors know about it. It's just that the woman has a deep relationship with her husband and she doesn't want to remarry. How can the woman commit adultery? If a woman is unbearably lonely, she can remarry, so why bother with adultery!"

Although Ma Wang was crying, the logic of his speech was still very clear.

"Then where did this child of yours come from?"

Li Liao said in a deep voice: "Could it be true that what you said was true, that your husband borrowed the soil puppet to return the sun, and was born with you?"

"Go back to the county to respect the lord, what the women say is the truth."

Mrs. Ma Wang kowtowed a few times: "Because the women miss their deceased husband, they specially asked someone to make this clay puppet to comfort the pain of missing her husband. Unexpectedly, a few years ago, this clay puppet suddenly turned into my husband, saying that the hell misses me. Keeping the chastity, so I specially asked my husband to come home and give birth to a son with me to inherit the lineage, so that the Ma family will not be extinct, and I hope the county lord will check it out!"

Hearing this, Li Liao frowned. As an old man in the officialdom, his ability to check his face and demeanor was his specialty. He could tell at a glance that Ma Wang was not lying.

Thinking of this, Li Liao looked at the two women kneeling beside him, and said in a deep voice: "Ma Jiangshi, Ma Linshi, you and Mawangshi are neighbors on the left and right, separated by a wall, have you seen strange men coming in and out of Mawangshi?" In your family?"

Although he is sure that Ma Wang is not lying, this is just his intuition. To be sure, he has to ask other people. Ma Wang's family is just an ordinary family. There is only one door in the house. Ma Wang's family must not be able to hide from the neighbors.

Hearing Li Liao's words, Ma Jiangshi quickly replied: "Go back to the county to honor the lord, the women did not see any man enter Ma Wang's house."

"Neither are women."

Marin also said quickly.

At the end of the interrogation, Li Liao had no choice, because he also saw that neither Ma Jiangshi nor the Ma Jiang family had lied. Naturally, it was impossible for the two village women to be scheming and scheming, and they could lie in front of him. He hasn't been found out yet, and this matter is not a big deal, it's not worth them to bully officials and commit crimes. If they want to continue the trial, the only way is to execute the sentence.

Thinking of this, Li Liao looked at Su Hao. He had no choice but to decide what to do next.

Seeing Li Liao's gaze, Su Hao also fell into a tangle. Although he found out that this is a ghost, how to deal with it made Su Hao face a dilemma.

Exterminate it, offend a ghost for no reason, although the other party is impossible to attack him, this kind of ghost who worships the gods is bound by the laws of the court and the gods, and cannot interfere with human affairs, and cannot leave the area under the jurisdiction of the gods. If you leave without authorization, you will suffer serious damage to your vitality, and at worst, you will lose your mana.

If it can't be destroyed, the other party is so sneaky, it is definitely not planning any trivial matter, if the other party succeeds, this Yishui County may be in disaster.

After being silent for a long time, Su Hao said slowly: "Lizhi County, this matter has something to do with ghosts and gods, we have to go to the County Town God's Temple."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Li Liao was also taken aback. He never thought that such a trivial matter would involve ghosts and gods. However, Li Liao quickly regained his senses, nodded and said, "Then I will accompany the hundred Go there."

The county government office is not far from the Town God's Temple, only a few hundred feet away. After a while, Su Hao and others arrived outside the Town God's Temple.

Miao Zhu Yao Hai saw Li Liao coming in person, and greeted him immediately: "Xiaomin pays homage to the county lord."

Li Liao cupped his hands and said, "Yao Miaozhu, you're welcome. I want to meet uncle, so I hope Yao Miaozhu will report it."

Su Hao was not surprised that Li Liao called the City God uncle. The City God was conferred by the imperial court, so he was also an official of the court. It's just that the City God only had an official title, not to mention power, and he didn't even have a salary.

The official positions conferred by the imperial court: the city god of the capital is the king; the capital city god is the duke; the government city god is the duke;

"Master County Venerable, please wait a moment, Xiaomin will go in and report."

Hearing Li Liao's words, Yao Hai quickly replied, and then hurried back to the Town God's Temple.

After a while, Yao Hai came out in a hurry, came to Li Liao and respectfully said, "Master County Honor, my master is here to invite you."

Li Liao looked at Su Hao who was at the side: "Su Baihu, let's go in."

"Ah."

Su Hao nodded, then turned his head to look at Ma Wangshi who was holding the puppet and said, "Ma Wangshi, come in with the child."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Ma Wang hurriedly handed the clay doll to her mother-in-law, and followed Li Liao and the two into the Town God's Temple with the child in her arms.

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