In the back office of the magistrate, Yang Tingyong woke up at chen o'clock, got up as usual, and put on the county magistrate's official uniform under the service of his wife. Today is not a day on duty, so there is no need to wear such formal clothes, but Hebian County
There have been so many difficulties recently, and the county magistrate like him is not stable either, so he has to be prepared at all times.
Looking at the owl pattern on the patchwork of the official uniform, Yang Tingyong let out a long sigh. He didn't know how long he could wear this official uniform.
Of course the county magistrate's wife knew what was on his mind and comforted him: "Sir, evil will not prevail against good. If the monster is so arrogant and unscrupulous, there will definitely be an expert to contain it."
Yang Tingyong felt his beloved wife's intentions and patted her hand, but he smiled bitterly in his heart. There must be an expert. The question is whether he can act like an expert with his senses.
At this moment, there were rapid footsteps outside the door, coming straight towards his room.
Yang Tingyong suddenly thought, maybe the monster is causing trouble again? These days, people come to report this almost every day. The monster is so ferocious that it always scares him.
As my thoughts were spinning, the voice of the old servant Wang Fugui came from outside the door: "Master, master, what a happy event. There are experts from the county, except for the evil ghost in the haunted house last night."
Happy event? Master? The two names rushed into Yang Tingyong's heart, shocking him to the point of being stunned.
"Master, this is a great thing." Madam reminded her hurriedly, with a happy face.
Yang Tingyong woke up with a start. A burst of ecstasy rose from the bottom of his heart. His heart was beating so hard that his head was slightly dizzy. When he came back to his senses, he still didn't believe it. He rushed out of the room in a few steps and faced Hou Li.
The servant Fugui on the side said: "Are you really an expert? Are you just playing tricks again?"
There have been several waves of so-called experts like this, and all of them showed great abilities at the beginning. Some could shoot arrows from a thousand meters, and some could even temporarily suppress the ghosts in the haunted house, but in the end they failed and died.
end.
He had hope several times and was disappointed several times, which made him deeply understand the power of monsters. It is useless for ordinary experts to come, but only those who have high ability can do it.
When asked, Wang Fugui was unsure and said hesitantly: "It should be so. All the evil ghosts in the haunted house have been wiped out. There are still evil ghosts transformed by Hu Guangyong's family on the street, but they are all dead."
Yang Tingyong's expectations were slightly lowered, but since he could get rid of the evil ghost, he should still have some skills, and he would definitely go and see him.
"In this case, you go and take this master to the county government...Forget it, I'd better go see him! Where is he now?"
At this time, it is better not to act like a county magistrate. If the other party is really a qualified person, it will not be worth the loss to make the other party unhappy.
"I heard that it's still at Hu Guangyong's house, and there are already many people gathered there." Fugui said cautiously.
Hu Guangyong's house was considered a haunted house. Yang Tingyong hesitated, but then he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go see him right away. Wait, call me all the county officials."
The haunted house is so ominous that although it is of no use to the government officials, it will always provide psychological comfort if you bring it with you.
Hebian County is not a big one, so the bearer of the sedan chair rushed as hard as he could, and in twenty minutes he carried the sedan chair to the vicinity of the murderous house.
The most eye-catching thing here is a group of corpses standing frozen at the door of the house, each with a fierce look and green face and fangs. Even if they are motionless at this moment, you can still clearly see the resentment on their faces, which is very scary.
The magistrate opened the curtain and took a look at it from a distance, and felt a chill in his heart.
He was still a little unjust about Hu Guangyong's matter. He originally wanted to teach the other party a lesson and break his arrogance, but he did not expect that the other party would be so strong and he actually hit the wall and died that night. It was really unexpected.
"Stop, stop at the corner of the street, don't get close yet, let me observe carefully." After all, Yang Tingyong did not dare to approach the haunted house rashly.
Although it was daytime, the corpse was motionless, and there were still many people around it, and no one was seen injured by the corpse. But as the saying goes, every wrong has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Hu Guangyong died because of him, and he felt very uneasy.
, afraid that if you approach rashly, you will get bad luck.
In the crowd in front, there was a homeless man standing in the middle of the crowd, dancing and vividly telling what he had seen and heard last night.
"As soon as I saw the two Taoist priests, I knew that the ghosts in the house were going to be in trouble. I could see clearly that with a wave of the male Taoist priest's hand, the whole street became as bright as daytime, and there were no ghosts.
Di'erzang ran out of the house, but was killed by the female Taoist priest one by one with his sword. It's amazing, it's amazing."
A strong man didn't believe it and asked, "Since we kill one by one with one sword, why does this ghost have no wounds on its body?"
The tramp sneered and said: "Guan Butcher, you have no idea. The weapon you use as a Taoist priest is your butcher's knife. Those are all things that come out of thin air. Of course, there is no hole in poking people, but it is just a poke to poke ghosts."
An accurate one.”
There is indeed some truth to this statement. There is indeed a legend that an accomplished person can condense a sword in the void. Everyone nodded.
When the county magistrate heard this, he said to a government official: "Go and ask where the two Taoist priests are."
The officer took the order and left.
Seeing that everyone was paying attention to him, the tramp was carefree when he was unexpectedly grabbed by someone. He was about to get angry, but he saw the jacket on the other person's body. It was the uniform of an officer and soldier. His body trembled and softened, and he said with a flattering smile: "
Sir, what are your orders?"
"Where is the Taoist Priest?"
The homeless man pointed to the door of the haunted house: "I went in last night and never came out. It seems like there are talismans posted everywhere inside to ward off ghosts."
The officer nodded, let the homeless man go, and went back to report to Yang Tingyong.
Yang Tingyong listened carefully, thought for a long time, and finally felt that it was inappropriate to enter the house, so he took out a name post from his sleeve and handed it to the Yamen servant, saying: "You take my post into the house, find the Taoist priest, and tell him that Hebian County
The magistrate asked them to come out and talk."
He saw that the yamen servant he named turned pale, and knowing that he was afraid, he pointed to another yamen servant and said, "Go with him, so that we can take care of each other."
The government officer who was accidentally shot trembled in his heart, his legs went weak, and he almost fell down. Damn, he actually got into this ridiculous job. This magistrate really killed people, he didn't dare to enter the house, he was just kidding with other people's lives.
But the county magistrate was a high-ranking seventh-grade official, and he was just a lowly servant, so how could he dare to resist. There was no other way, so the two government servants took the post and each with a blue-white face, tremblingly entered Hu Guangyong's mansion.
The magistrate waited patiently outside. After tea time, two government servants ran out. Although their steps were fast, the fear on their faces was much less.
"What's going on in the house?" Yang Tingyong asked hurriedly.
"There are ghost-suppressing charms hanging everywhere in the house. It's warm and full of life inside. It doesn't look like a haunted house at all." The government officer's face was full of disbelief.
"Is the Taoist Master here?" Yang Tingyong breathed a sigh of relief.
The officer's face suddenly became embarrassed, and he hesitated and said: "The Taoist priest is here, but he refuses to come out, saying..."
"What did they say? Tell me the truth!" Yang Tingyong became more and more anxious.
"They said, 'Since you're here, sir, why don't you go into the house and have a chat?' Then they sent us out," the Yamen servant said.
In the house, Bai Tingxuan saw the yamen servant going out and asked doubtfully: "Sun Ran, isn't this bad? What should I do if I make the magistrate angry?"
Sun Ran smiled and said: "If he can rush outside the house in person, it means that he is at the end of his rope and will seize any opportunity. Although he will be unhappy in his heart, he will definitely not have an attack and will come in in person."
"What's the benefit of doing this?" Although the magistrate will give in, it doesn't seem to be a good thing to make the magistrate unhappy.
Sun Ran smiled lightly and said: "The magistrate is a seventh-grade official, and he is arrogant. And our most important task is to protect the safety of the magistrate. In comparison, eliminating demons is a trivial matter. To protect him well, we need the cooperation of the other party.
He's too arrogant. I'm going to chip away at his arrogance step by step. As soon as he enters the door, he surrenders to our first step and acknowledges our authority. Where there is a first step, there is a second step, slowly.
He will get used to our arrangements."
Regardless of whether the demon can be eliminated or not, Yang Ting will definitely not get into trouble with this big VIP. This is the biggest point. If the other party does not cooperate, the work will not be carried out easily.
They showed arrogance. On the other hand, they also told Yang Tingyong that I am a capable person, not the kind of servant who comes and goes when called.
"I'll make a bet with you, he will definitely come in within ten minutes." Sun Ran smiled.
"I won't bet with you." Bai Tingxuan refused, she would not do such a thing with no chance of winning.
Outside the house.
Yang Tingyong was very unhappy.
In this era, Confucian culture was orthodox, Taoism and other arts were partial, and the social status was very low. He was a Jinshi and was a county magistrate known as Bailihou. He felt that his actions were enough to treat the virtuous and corporal, but the other party did not appreciate it.
, it’s true... If in normal times, a Taoist priest yelled at him like this, he would definitely win the 30th big board first.
This is not because Yang Tingyong has an arrogant personality, but this is the general value system of the entire Ming Dynasty society.
I am orthodox and a parent from a county. You, a Taoist priest, are my son in the county I manage. How dare you not buy into your father's account? It is really unreasonable. Subconsciously, Yang Tingyong had this idea.
However, now that he had something to ask for, Yang Tingyong finally had no choice but to grit his teeth and said: "Okay, let's go into the house!"
Even if the yamen officer went in, it would be fine, so he should be fine too. He wanted to see what kind of person he was, how dare he not take him as the county magistrate seriously.
