Mr. Sun, the county lieutenant, sat in the Taishi chair in a depressed mood. The tea in his hand was already cold.
The elder just left a few minutes ago. He came over to express his sympathy and offer his fullest assistance within the scope of his authority. He didn't say anything extra.
As for the county magistrate and Jiao Yu, they didn't even show their faces. They just sent people to express their condolences to maintain the superficial friendship.
There is no way, even officials are afraid of these ghosts and ghosts.
Mr. Sun's family has been sleeping on the road for seven days in a row. No one can interfere. No normal person would dare to deal with this kind of supernatural phenomenon.
In the past few days, they have tried every possible means. They have begged grandfather and grandma, asked for gods and Buddhas, and Guandi's land, but they still have no use at all.
Nowadays, the rumors in the city are almost unstoppable. Many people are saying that Mr. Sun has done some evil things during his tenure as an official. God can't stand it anymore.
As for why God couldn't bear it and just left them without a bed to sleep on, no one cared at all.
"Report!"
A government official suddenly appeared at the door. He stopped a long way away and raised his hands, saying loudly: "Sir, Li Tou is back!"
Seeing this guy looking like he wished he could talk to him from two miles away, Mr. Sun's anger boiled out.
Fortunately, I have read a lot of books and practiced oxygen skills in official circles. Even if I feel unhappy, I will not have an attack on the spot.
He closed his eyes, slowly exhaled a breath, and said in a cold voice: "Let him come over!"
"Yes!" The officer clasped his fists and left. Not long after, Li Gongfu came over in a hurry.
"Meet the adults!"
Li Gongfu is an honest man. Although he has been tortured a lot in recent days, he is still very concerned about this matter.
There is no way, the county captain is his immediate superior, there are some things that he cannot avoid.
"You're back, what's the progress?"
Master Sun's face brightened slightly when he saw his capable subordinate. Seeing that his face was full of exhaustion, a hint of concern flashed deep in his eyes.
But that was limited to this. What he was most concerned about was still the strange things that happened to his family.
Li Gongfu hesitated for a moment, clasped his fists and said: "Sir, I found a person who said he had seen similar things before. However, this person is a wanderer in the world, and the credibility of his words is not high. I have no way to judge whether it is true or not.
"
Mr. Sun suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he straightened up quickly and urged: "Talk, talk!"
"yes!"
Li Gongfu clasped his fists: "This matter has to start with the teahouse clerk. During the interrogation, the clerk mentioned that an old Taoist priest in blue came recently. He can always tell the truth in fortune telling, and he will not take any money no matter whether it is true or false.
My subordinates became interested as soon as they heard it. I have seen many charlatans and charlatans, but this is the first time I have seen someone telling fortunes for free."
Master Sun also became interested and nodded, indicating for him to continue.
"Later, after some investigation, I found out that this old Taoist named Qing Songzi was from Guanzhong. He had become a successful Taoist in his early years. After he turned fifty, he began to travel around the world, taking two young Taoists with him, a man and a woman.
According to Qingsongzi himself, when he took in the little Taoist priest, the two little guys were only six or seven years old. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years later, they have grown into adults."
Master Sun was a little surprised: "Is this old Taoist sixty or seventy years old?"
"That's true, but according to the observations of my subordinates, this person may only be in his forties!"
"You are so young? Could it be that you have some talent for keeping good looks?"
After Master Sun heard this, he felt inexplicably more confident.
“You won’t know what’s going on under this comb!”
Li Gongfu continued: "To be cautious, after hearing these inquiries, my subordinates did not contact them immediately, but asked people to inquire around.
Later, I discovered that Qing Songzi and his party seemed to have really come here for a sightseeing trip. No one paid attention to them and they didn't interact with many people. They just spent the whole day playing in the city.
In addition to the old Taoist who habitually likes to tell other people's fortunes and never gets tired of doing it regardless of whether the other person believes it or not, his two apprentices are even more stoic. As long as they don't go out, they will lock themselves in the room for a whole day. "
"Are you practicing?" Lord Sun asked.
Li Gongfu shook his head: "My subordinates don't know about this! However, the secret investigation is not fruitless. One of my brothers met a group of Jianghu rangers at a nearby inn.
This group of people also came from the north. In addition to fighting against injustices, they also affiliated themselves with a bodyguard agency and occasionally made money by doing business.
According to the leader named Zhao Da, they once heard the name Qingsongzi by chance in the Kaifeng Prefecture area.
It is said that at that time, a merchant in Kaifeng City was killed by a water ghost for some reason. More than a dozen people in the family died in a year, causing panic in the entire district.
The government even ordered the entire district to be cordoned off at one point. Later, for some unknown reason, the old Taoist priest Qingsongzi was invited.
He just took his apprentice into the house and walked around, then came out dragging a wine jar and said that he had captured the ghost."
Mr. Sun's eyes widened and he stood up excitedly: "Is this true?"
Li Gongfu shook his head: "There is no way to verify it, and my subordinates don't know whether it is true or false!"
A flash of disappointment flashed in Mr. Sun's eyes. Fortunately, he was also an official and had some determination.
After calming down a little, he sat back on the Taishi chair again.
"Keep talking, keep talking!"
"yes!"
Li Gongfu thought for a while and then said: "According to Zhao Da, in order to completely solve the hidden danger, the wealthy family later bought a hill outside the city, buried the jar that sealed the water ghost in the soil, and then built it on top.
A small temple can completely resolve this matter!
Sir, after all, this matter is just hearsay, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false. However, my subordinates have brought Zhao Da, so you can personally question him..."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Mr. Sun stood up again and said quickly: "Quick, call people in!"
"yes!"
Li Gongfu clasped his fists and turned around to gesture to his men standing guard in the distance.
Not long after, a government official came in with a stout man who looked about forty years old and was wearing a coarse t-shirt.
The man had dark skin and sharp features, but there was a coldness in his eyes.
Even when he saw Lieutenant Sun, he didn't have the fear that ordinary people would have when seeing an official. He just held his fists and said calmly: "I have seen this gentleman, I am Zhao Da!"
Normally, just by his gesture, Mr. Sun would feel unhappy.
However, the fire was burning to his eyebrows at this time, how could he care about this.
As soon as he saw the rightful owner, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Without any courtesy, Zhao Da, I would like to ask you, is what you told Li Captou about Qingsongzi's master and apprentice true?"
"Everything is true!"
Zhao Daping said: "If you don't believe me, you can send people all the way north to inquire and inquire all the way. I believe that the news can be sent back in two or three months at most."
Two or three months?
Master Sun's mouth twitched.
If this matter is not resolved, winter will begin in two or three months.
It would not be as simple as the whole family being embarrassed, but they would freeze to death in their sleep!
Don’t think that you can’t freeze to death in the winter in the South!
"No need!"
Mr. Sun waved his hand, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "I believe you have heard about the strange things that happened in my family. Do you think Master and Disciple Qingsongzi can solve it?"
"I don't know about this, but along the way I have heard many stories about Taoist Qingsongzi's ability to slay demons and eliminate demons. However, except for the one time in Kaifeng Mansion that I wanted to see with my own eyes, the rest are just hearsay and rumors.
"It's hard to tell the truth from the lie, sir, it's better to be more cautious!" Zhao Da replied.
Mr. Sun, that angry and careless man, did you come to remind me?
If it wasn't an emergency, who would care about some shitty old Taoist priest?
But he couldn't say these words.
After he breathed a sigh of relief, Mr. Sun smiled.
"Zhuangshi Zhao, I have another question. From what you said, since Taoist Qingsongzi has been slaying demons all the way, he should be a man who is eager for justice and hates evil. But when such a big thing happened to me, why didn't he see you?
Taoist priest Qingsongzi came to visit you?"
"This..." Zhao Da looked strange.
When Mr. Sun saw that there was something going on, he quickly said: "There is no need to worry, but there is no harm in talking!"
"Sir, I heard that Taoist Master Qingsongzi cultivates the way of being too supreme and forgetting his feelings. He never takes the initiative to show kindness to others. If he does any good deeds, he will definitely ask for rewards.
I listened to what the people in the teahouse said, this is how you can benefit the world even if you don’t do anything, but I don’t know what it means!”
Mr. Sun was suddenly confused.
Is the Supreme Being too forgetful?
Is there such a Taoist priest?
Abandoning human desires, the seven emotions and six desires, belongs to Laozi's path of inaction.
Although Mr. Sun has never heard of it, he still guessed a little bit about the business.
It’s just that people who practice Taoism don’t all pay attention to public morality, immeasurable deity and the like? Why are there such alternative Taoist priests?
Fortunately, this is not a big deal.
After Li Gongfu and Zhao Da talked about it, Mr. Sun had made a decision even though he still had some doubts in his heart.
He looked at Li Gongfu and said: "Captain Li, for your hard work, help me to ask Taoist Master Qingsongzi. He said that as long as you help me solve this matter, I will give you a hundred taels of silver as a reward."
!”
"yes!"
Li Gongfu was secretly surprised by Mr. Sun's generosity, but he agreed without saying a word.
Privately, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no way to investigate such a mindless thing, and besides, it involves the immediate superior.
Although this guy can still maintain his sanity now, once the problem really cannot be solved, the despair of being slowly forced into a desperate situation will drive him into madness.
People like him who work under him will inevitably be in bad luck. Even if they don't die, they will still have to peel off their skin.
Now, regardless of whether the green pine nuts are good or not, the pot is finally thrown out.
If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. If it fails, the blame will not fall on you.
After walking out of the county government office, Zhao Da casually cupped his hands and was about to leave, but was caught by Li Gongfu.
"Zhuangshi Zhao, you can't leave yet. You still need to introduce Taoist Priest Qingsongzi!"
Zhao Da was a little displeased and said: "You're going too far when you arrest the head. Before, you said that I would reward you with silver and I would come all the way to help you. I didn't expect that Mr. Sun would be asking all kinds of questions."
, wasted a lot of words, and in the end didn't even get a single coin.
It's enough that you wasted half a day of my time for no reason, and now you're still holding me back, do you want to fight?"
Li Captou immediately laughed: "No, no! Mr. Sun is so busy right now, it is inevitable that he was negligent and forgot.
I’ll make up for my brother first!”
Capt. Li also knows that it is absolutely impossible to drive people like this without any benefit.
The so-called court laws do not have much of a deterrent effect on such people. If they are pushed into a hurry, these desperadoes will really dare to draw their swords.
So, in order to let Zhao Da continue to work for him, Li Gongfu could only take out a piece of silver worth one and a half yuan from his belt and put it in Zhao Da's hand.
After receiving the silver, Zhao Da weighed it in his hands, and a smile suddenly appeared on the dog's face.
"That's right, Capt. Li is the one who's more particular about it! Can I introduce you to Taoist Master Qingsongzi? No problem! Follow me!"
Zhao Da turned around and left, and Capt. Li quickly followed him, making two gestures with his hands behind his back. Several government officials guarding the county government office saw this scene, looked at each other, and one of them ran into the government office.
After a while, a small group of detectives dispersed and fell behind.
All the way to the inn, Zhao Da carelessly knocked on the counter.
"Shopkeeper, which room does Master Qingsongzi live in? If you have any questions at the yamen gate, see him!"
The shopkeeper looked up in confusion and happened to see Li Gongfu standing behind Zhao Dashan with a speechless expression. He immediately burst into laughter and said, "Hey, isn't this Li Tou? You haven't been here for a while. Are you very busy recently?"
Li Gongfu was so worried that he had no energy to chat with him. After hearing this, he just waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, let's not talk about the rest. Where is Taoist Master Qingsongzi?"
"Master Taoist, you should be listening to books in the teahouse next to you at this time. Nine times out of ten, you are grabbing people to read their palms!"
The shopkeeper answered with a smile. After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Da with some doubts and asked cautiously: "Li Tou, this Taoist priest Qingsongzi..."
"Don't make blind guesses, it's just Mr. Sun's trouble!"
"Oh?" The shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he was a little surprised: "Then the old Taoist priest actually has such ability?"
"That is!"
Before Li Gongfu could speak, Zhao Da next to him pinched his waist and held his head high, proudly showing off: "Did you know? Along the way south, the legend of Taoist Master Qingsongzi is spread in many places.
You people who live in the city live peacefully and peacefully all day long, so how do you know the dangers outside the city? Although ghosts, mountain spirits and water monsters are rare, they are not completely absent."
The shopkeeper took a deep breath, his whole body was shocked.
Li Gongfu was a little helpless. He said in his heart that I asked you to introduce me just because I didn't want to make such a big fuss. Now you gave me your name at the Yamen Gate as soon as you came in. Isn't this the opposite?
I can say that I can rely on my official body to gain strength, but why do you still need me?
"Let's go, let's go to the teahouse!" Li Gongfu turned around.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Da continued to ask: "Shopkeeper, are Qing Songzi's two apprentices here?"
The shopkeeper was startled: "Look at them, these two little Taoist priests are very calm. Except for eating, they don't go out at all on weekdays. They talk and do things in a deserted manner, as if they have no emotions.
We all thought that these two people were not easy to get along with and rarely interacted with each other! If you want to ask anything else, I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do!”
Zhao Dayi clapped his hands and said with a happy face: "It's good to be here, Li Tou, let's go and meet the Taoist priests first."
