Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 396 Connectors
On this day, a group of thieves and bandits took down a county in Yangzhou in an instant, with little effort. In the evening, tens of thousands of thieves and bandits had already entered the county.

There was a sound of burning, killing and looting everywhere.

Some people were wailing, some women were struggling, and some children were crying loudly.
Although there was no river of blood flowing in the county town, it was like being in hell.

But on the city wall of the county, the government servants, county magistrates, civil servants and others that the county casts for have been tied up and knelt on the ground, all of them trembling, their faces pale, and their eyes full of fear.

"Chief Shihu, all the officials and yamen servants in the county are here." A bandit leader said.

"Very good, it's time for me to play." Shi Hu, who was eating meat, raised his head, with a bloodthirsty light in his eyes.

This look is fierce and fierce, like a vicious tiger, which makes people shudder, this kind of look is not what a person should have, but all the bandits who see this look are all terrified.

Shi Hu took the ring head sword and strode over.

"Big, big boss, forgive me, forgive me."

A man in an official robe said in a trembling voice, kowtowing to Shihu constantly, begging for mercy.

Shi Hu grinned and waved the sword in his hand, but saw that the man stopped abruptly before he finished speaking, a big head flew up and rolled down from the city wall, the man who lost his head Blood splashed from the corpse, and a strong smell of blood immediately filled the air.

"It tastes good." He licked his lips and felt a little unsatisfied.

After saying that, Shi Hu beheaded again with a knife, and walked along the city wall. Everyone knelt on the ground like a walking corpse, not daring to resist, as if they had already tacitly agreed to the result, waiting for the person in front of them to chop Take your own head off.

In just a short time, dozens of government servants and civil servants in the county were all beheaded by him.

Under the city walls of the county seat, there are dozens of dead heads.

"Why do you have to do such a dirty thing yourself, can't you just let your subordinates do it?"

A woman's voice sounded, but Hua Gu walked over with a gloomy expression on her face.

Shi Hu laughed and said, "Do you think I really like killing people? I'm practicing. I kill people with my own body. I can accumulate evil spirits. If the evil spirits are strong enough, ghosts and gods will retreat. Why should you ask this point knowingly, but I see you like this. The child seems to have a bad complexion, who is angry with you?"

Hua Gu said, "It's that Wang Ze. He destroyed the Town God's Temple in the city and planned to build a Maitreya Temple for the congregation to worship. I planned to build a Guanyin Temple, but they got into disputes."

"You lost? So you asked me to stand up for you?" Shi Hu said with a twitch of his eyelids.

Taking advantage of the time he opened his mouth, a yamen servant who was about to be beheaded suddenly got the courage, struggled to stand up, jumped forward, and jumped towards the moat below the city.

"Huh?" Shi Hu cast a glance, and immediately swung the ring sword in his hand.

The fleeing yamen servant screamed, half of his neck was cut off, blood splashed immediately, and he fell into the moat, staining the river red.

Hua Gu looked normal and said: "You and I are the alliance, do you really believe in Wang Ze? The higher his morals, the more disadvantageous we are. I joined forces with him before to form an alliance, but because everyone's morals are similar."

Shi Hu frowned and said, "Why are you so anxious? Why bother to fight for incense in a small county? If you want to fight, you have to take down Yangzhou before you fight. The spirit of a small family makes people laugh."

"Of course you're not in a hurry, but I'm different. Li Xiuyuan destroyed my two golden bodies. If I don't recover as soon as possible, I will be killed sooner or later." Hua Gu said: "Don't forget, people from Tiangong are also watching, although there are no movement, but if you don’t strike first, it will be too late when you do.”

"I already feel that this is no longer a simple rebellion to kill Li Xiuyuan. Although we initiated the incident, the result must be out of our control."

Shi Hu said coldly: "My words are too shallow, you can't understand with your elm head. It's not too late to let the toad spirit fight for the incense. It's best to let those gods jump out. Don't forget, this Yangzhou Who is in charge now? Li Xiuyuan is in charge. When I entered the county, I saw that the local city god had slipped away, and Li Xiuyuan would soon know that you jumped out to fight for incense because you thought Li Xiuyuan didn't have enough knives. soon?"

After being drunk, Hua Gu's expression changed, she didn't know how to refute.

By night.

The thieves and bandits in the county celebrated their achievements.

But outside the county seat, there was a scholar with a few ghost soldiers, and ghost messengers wandered cautiously outside the city.

"Master Chenghuang, this county has been taken over by bandits. Li Liangjin and the old Heishan demon rebelled. You should go to Jinling City to sue the saints for such a big event. Why is your lord still not leaving?" There are scruples in the heart of the county.

This is not an ordinary bandit rebellion. There are countless ghosts and ghosts hiding in it. Even ghosts and gods will run away when they encounter it.

The scholar Chenghuang said: "The thieves took the city because the yamen guards are not good, and the ghosts took the city because I, the local city god, have failed in my duty. If I go back to Jinling City like this, what face do I have to meet the sage in the world? And the sage also sent Yin soldiers before." I was notified that there might be a military disaster in Yangzhou, and I was reminded of this beforehand, which made me appear even more incompetent."

"The thieves are powerful, and the ghosts and gods are powerful. How can we resist them with our meager morals? This is not the crime of the city god." Yin Bing said again.

"That being said, if you don't do anything, it's not dereliction of duty, but inaction. What's the use of ghosts and gods if they don't do anything? And the people in a county are suffering so much now. How can I bear it? It is powerless to recover, and I also want to spread the news of the rebels here to Jinling City as soon as possible." The scholar Chenghuang said.

"Didn't you already send someone to deliver the message?"

Scholar Chenghuang shook his head and said: "The news from ghosts and gods is not convincing enough, it will only increase the annoyance of the saints in the world, if you can send a living person to Jinling City to meet the Minister of the Ministry of War, it will be more convincing, and can make the court believe here. There was a rebellion."

"Master Chenghuang is really considerate, but there are big monsters entrenched in the county, what can we do to send a living person to Jinling City?" The Yin soldier next to him frowned again.

The scholar City God also thought hard, and circled around the county.

He didn't dare to set foot in the county seat, as soon as he set foot there, he would be noticed by the evil spirits inside, and he would be buried here at that time.

After turning around, the scholar Chenghuang suddenly let out a light gasp, and saw a floating corpse beside the moat.

"Bring that corpse here, I can feel that there is still life in him."

The two ghost messengers responded and dragged the floating corpse ashore.

Scholar Chenghuang checked it out, and said with some joy: "This man is so fateful, half of his neck was chopped off, and he was soaked in water for several hours, yet he is still alive, and his soul has not left."

"My lord, this man is the sergeant who guards the city named Mao Wu. When the bandits entered the city, he fought bravely to kill the enemy. Unfortunately, he was exhausted and was arrested. Although he is angry now, he is already dead." The Yin soldier also checked After a while, he opened his mouth and said.

Scholar Chenghuang said: "It doesn't matter, as long as there is still life and the soul has not left the body, it is fine. If the soul leaves the body and becomes a wicked ghost, I will not have such high morals to revive the dead."

With that said, he walked to the side of the corpse, squatted down, supported the corpse's head, and closed the wound on the neck.

Then he took a breath and reached out to touch it.

But he saw that the original hideous opening was closed together by the scholar Chenghuang, and there was no wound, only a red line on his neck.

Scholar Chenghuang turned over the corpse and patted his back, only to see that the corpse opened its mouth to spit out a big mouthful of river water, and pressed the abdomen again, and the corpse that had lost its breath gradually began to breathe again .

After a while, the defender named Mao Wu woke up faintly.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man with the appearance of a scholar standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile on his face, beside him stood a number of gloomy-looking soldiers, and some servants in government uniforms.

"He hasn't fully recovered yet, you all should help him to Jinling City together, the speed must be fast, don't waste time." Scholar Chenghuang said.

"Yes." Yin soldiers on the left and right, ghost messengers responded.

Mao Wu, who was not yet fully awake, became dazed again at this time, but felt that there were many people around him supporting him, some were supporting his arms, some were supporting his body, and some were lifting his feet. The body became lighter, as if floating in mid-air.

"Hoohoo~!"

The whistling wind sounded beside his ears, and Mao Wu felt as if he was running forward continuously, unable to stop at all.

In the end, he didn't know how long he had been running, but by the time he could stop, he had regained his sobriety.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw a tall city in front of him, with three large characters written on it: Jinling City.

"What? I arrived at Jinling City, am I already dead?" Mao Wu was shocked. He touched his neck and then his heart, and found that his body was warm, and his pulse and heartbeat were not Just not dead.

"Of course someone will arrange for you to go after you go to Jinling City. Don't try to escape, otherwise you will never let me go lightly." A voice suddenly sounded next to your ear.

Mao Wu was shocked, but when he looked left and right, he found that there was no one at all.

When he calmed down a little bit, he knew that he was helped by ghosts and gods. It was ghosts and gods who saved his life. He still vaguely remembered that he was cut off by a very powerful bandit leader and fell into the moat. , now not only came back to life, but suddenly came to Jinling City, the ghosts and gods must have arranged.

Mao Wu first thanked the four directions, front, back, left, and right, then knelt down and kowtowed a few times in the direction of the county seat, and then hurriedly headed towards Jinling City.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt footsteps following him along the way, and it never stopped.

(End of this chapter)