Chapter 12 Someone instigated provocation

When people are extremely tired, they either don't want to move or become extremely excited.

As soon as that person's words came out, they instantly resonated with many people around him. Countless eyes turned to the Xie family, many of which were filled with great desire.

"Who says it's not? I've heard they've been worshipping for years. They're so legendary, why don't they show any signs of working?"

"When I was in prison, I heard the jailer say that before the Xie family members were taken to prison, their family spirit brought rain and put out the fire. Why doesn't it work now?"

Someone heard the noise and stood up, grabbed the man and asked, "Really?"

The person next to him nodded, but was not sure. "I've heard a little bit about it. It seems that there have been some spiritual phenomena."

Some people sitting around the Xie family heard the discussion on the other side and turned to look at the Xie family.

Some even crawled directly in front of Old Madam Xie and kowtowed, begging, "Old Madam Xie, please be kind, I beg the Xie family gods to show their power and send some rain!"

When one person prayed, two more came to pray. Soon, a group of people surrounded the Xie family and kowtowed to pray for rain.

Old Madam Xie frowned and looked at the restless prisoners around her.

Fortunately, the men of the Xie family stood up and formed an outer circle as soon as they approached to prevent these people from getting into any accidents. Several female members of the Xie family hugged their children tightly together, looking around vigilantly.

Xie Yuchuan slowly sat up from a half-lying position, and looked fiercely at the man who had just spoken to deceive everyone.

The man had a high forehead, slender cheeks, and a pair of shrewd and calculating eyes. When he met Xie Yuchuan's icy gaze, he couldn't help but shudder. But soon he felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said. He avoided his gaze, coughed heavily twice, and refused to give up with his neck stiff.

"Everyone knows that your Xie family always brags about the gods they enshrine at home. I don't know if it's true or not. If you can fool people like that, why don't you invite them out to show themselves? Don't you agree?"

"that is!"

When the police officers who were doing the renovations saw the chaos, more than a dozen of them came over with whips.

As soon as the whip came down, no matter who was hit, the leader came up and cursed: "What are you making a fuss about! If you don't want to rest, get out of here and stand! You are rebelling."

The prisoner who was picked cried out, "Officer, this has nothing to do with me! It's them! They are praying to the Xie family gods for rain!"

"What? Pray for rain?" The bailiff thought he had misheard.

The man who started the fight pointed at the Xie family in the middle and shouted, "Don't they say the Xie family has a household deity? If it's so powerful, it shouldn't be difficult to make it rain for everyone. Gentlemen, you don't have to work so hard."

Xie Yuchuan sneered, "Idiot."

Several yamen runners who had just exchanged water for a lot of benefits were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then they immediately became furious and lashed the ignorant prisoner with a whip, causing him to stagger.

"Is it really necessary for you, a piece of shit, to worry about whether we are working hard or not?!"

The colleagues nearby also walked towards the prisoners kneeling and making a fuss on both sides, pointed their noses and cursed: "The Xie family has no gods, you guys, stop talking nonsense and misleading the people. Go back and sit down!"

"If you want to quench your thirst, go over there and find a way to drink. If you don't follow the rules, don't blame me for being blind with the whip in my hand!"

There were several cracks of whips on the ground.

The people who had just gathered around the Xie family were so frightened that they dispersed like a tide in an instant.

The yamen runner in charge was named Liu, with the single name "Kan". His family was originally a butcher, and he had been slaughtering pigs until he grew up. For some unknown reason, his father got lucky enough to become the chief clerk of the yamen. He used the back door to get him a job as a yamen clerk, and he walked around the streets with a group of colleagues all day long, looking very impressive.

Because he had a violent temper and was very strong, he was able to suppress the villains when he was on duty. He was recommended by his superiors and got this escort mission.

During one of Liu Cantou's escort missions, he encountered several wealthy and powerful families who had fallen on hard times in the team. Not only that, there were also three or four families that had once been high-ranking officials in Beijing. Anything these families revealed would be enough for the low-level servants like them to live for half their lives.

Liu Kan knew it very well, and he was not in a hurry because there was still a long way to go.

What Xie family god? What nonsense!

He looked at the Xie family coldly and sneered in his heart. If the Xie family had the gods' blessing, how could a group of old and young people fall into such a state of desolation?

He doesn't believe it.

After intimidating the prisoners, he happened to run into Xiong Jiushan and several other officers who had returned.

The old yamen runner next to Xiong Jiushan asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Kan replied, "A few prisoners were fooling around and went to kowtow to the Xie family prisoners and pray for rain, but we chased them back."

"Is everything okay?" Xiong Jiushan, who was standing by, felt overwhelmed when he heard the name Xie family.

"It's okay! If he's disobedient, he'll behave himself after a few whippings." Liu Kan said nonchalantly.

Xiong Jiushan frowned, said nothing, and left.

Liu Kan didn't quite understand, so he pulled the old yamen runner back and said, "Boss, is the master angry? Did I say anything wrong?"

The old bailiff shook his head. "It's alright. It has nothing to do with you. Go back to your job and keep an eye on things. Don't cause any trouble since you just left the city."

"Don't worry, boss, I'm here with you!"

The twenty or so people of the Xie family were resting well, but were suddenly surrounded and attacked by a group of prisoners. All their sleepiness disappeared in an instant, and everyone became extremely alert.

Xie Wuying hadn't known when he brought Zhang Dayi and his old mother to the side of Xie's house.

Although the noise just now was suppressed by the scolding of the officials, the way many people in the crowd looked at the Xie family was very different from before.

Some were skeptical, some were both sad and resentful. The man who started the trouble hissed for a long time while pressing the whip into his wound.

"I think with a family as evil as the Xie family around, none of us will make it to the north alive."

This one sentence aroused the resentment of many people.

Before they knew it, all the prisoners who were originally sitting next to the Xie family had moved away.

But he still hadn't given up and continued to ask, "Does your Xie family really have a family god?"

No one from the Xie family responded, their faces gloomy.

Every word of these words pierced the hearts of the Xie family. Their Xie family exchanged the throne for a way to survive. Since handing over the throne, the Xie family god has never appeared again, let alone performed any miracles.

The heavy rains that suddenly appeared over the ancestral hall of the Duke of Huguo seemed like a dream.

The household gods probably gave up on them.

Everyone in the Xie family pursed their lips and said nothing. Xie Yuchuan looked at his family and saw that his grandmother had a gloomy face. He couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at them coldly.

"What advice do you have?"

Xie Yuchuan's eyes were like eagle torches. When he squinted his eyes and looked intently at people, it was like a sharp arrow piercing people's hearts.

The man was frightened by his gaze, stammered a few times, and dared not ask any more questions.

Xie Yuchuan swept his cold eyes around, and many gazes retracted.

Mrs. Xie didn't know what she was thinking about. She sighed and looked tired.

Xie Yuchuan immediately saw what was bothering his grandmother. He touched the thing that Hua had given him and was pondering when it would be appropriate to explain the matter of the household deity to his family. Suddenly, he heard the household deity's joyful voice:

"Tu Huan: Thank God! The door is finally open!"