Chapter 108 Taoist Priest Casts a Spell to Catch Ghosts
Xie Anfeng and Zhou Jin were about to go over, but Xu Wenrong stopped Xie Anfeng and said, "Uncle, you protect my sister. I'll go take a look."
With Zhou Jin and Xu Wenrong joining, the Taoist priest will definitely not be their match.
Yushanhe and the prince were both called over, and the prince asked what was going on.
Taoist priests and common people all complained, saying that the Taoist priest could catch the evil spirits and kill them to stop the locust plague, but this prince was protecting the evil spirits.
The prince frowned and looked at Zhou Shaoyu: "Jingchen, what's going on? What are you doing?"
Zhou Shaoyu did not argue and handed the little devil to the prince: "Your Highness, ask Dong Liu to clean him up."
Liu Guangming was still shouting, "Your Highness, you can't let the evil spirit go. I caught it with great difficulty."
Zhou Shaoyu pointed his sword at him and said, "If you keep making noise, I'll cut off your tongue."
Dongliu was holding the little ghost, which was colorful and quite creepy.
Little devil, this is the first time he mentioned it!
Xie Yanyan took a piece of soap and handed it to Dong Liu: "Rinse with water first, then scrub with soap."
Everyone was no longer sleepy at night and followed the well to see what was going on.
After the bucket of water was poured on it, the color of the demon's body became a little lighter.
Dongliu rubbed the little kid hard with soap, and he cried loudly with tears falling continuously.
Only then did Xie Yanyan realize that the little ghost's tongue was gone.
My heart aches so much.
After rubbing with soap and then rinsing with water, most of the black color on the little ghost's body had faded away, and a pool of black water was on the ground.
Gradually, a child's body emerged.
What else doesn't Dongliu understand? This is not a little black guy, the color is dyed on.
He washed more vigorously and said to the little ghost, "Just bear with it and wash it clean, then you will be truly innocent."
The little ghost nodded, tears falling.
The red color on the hair faded away after being rubbed with soap, and the blue on the face faded even more completely, revealing a child's face.
The people around were all confused at this time.
Seeing that the soap still couldn't rub it clean, Xie Yanyan took out half a bottle of alcohol and said to Dong Liu, "Rub it with alcohol."
After rubbing with alcohol, the paint dissolved immediately, and the black on the body, the blue on the face, and the red on the hair all faded away, revealing the appearance of a boy of 6 or 7 years old.
The child kept crying, but because he had no tongue, he could only make unclear gibberish.
This is not a demon, it's clearly a child.
The child pointed at his anus in pain, and Dong Liu realized that the child's excretory opening was blocked by a cloth soaked in glue.
This is because they are afraid that when the spell is cast, the child may become incontinent due to fear, which will arouse suspicion among the people.
The prince still didn't understand something, so he reached out and hugged the child, saying sadly: "You have suffered!"
He shouted, "Catch these evil Taoists."
The bailiffs immediately rushed over and pinned down the group of Taoists.
Yushanhe immediately asked someone to find a piece of clothing for the child and wrapped him up, and asked a doctor to treat his wounds. He asked him, "Are you from Jingchuan?"
The child shook his head and kept crying.
"Child, don't cry. Let me ask you. If it's the case, you nod your head. If it's not the case, you shake your head. Okay?"
The child nodded, tears streaming down his face.
"Are you from Changwu County?"
The child shook his head.
"You're from Pingliang County?"
The child still shook his head until Yushanhe asked if it was Jingshan County, and then the child nodded vigorously.
Yushanhe immediately called the magistrate of Jingshan County and asked him to investigate.
Jingshan County is quite a distance from here, and there is no way to send the child back at night, but Taoist Priest Liu is here, so he can interrogate him thoroughly.
The court was set up in the Dragon King Temple, and the location remained unchanged. If you didn't answer questions properly, you would be beaten to death.
In the end, Taoist Priest Liu and several of his "guardians" confessed.
They wanted reputation, they wanted to become the state religion, they even wanted the Lotus Sect's abbot to take the position of state teacher, so they took advantage of this natural disaster.
In order to gain people's trust, they secretly captured a lone child in Jingshan County half a month ago and directly dyed him into an evil ghost with red hair and blue face.
For fear that the child might say something bad, they simply pulled out the tongue.
On the day of the ritual, they brought the children to the scene with the props, and while the fire-breathing and various rituals were going on, they took the drugged children out from behind the table.
When the water sprayed on the child's face, he woke up and screamed. It seemed that the little devil wanted to escape...
The child was dyed into a ghost by the Taoist priest, and the child was killed on the spot to steal his reputation! The angry people could not be stopped at all, and Yushanhe could not stop them even if he summoned hundreds of officers and soldiers.
Taoist Priest Liu was held down and beaten to death, and the other Taoists were almost killed as well.
Yushanhe was annoyed and ordered all the Taoists to be sent to death row.
The prince was even more furious. He simply could not tolerate the existence of such an evil sect in Daqin. On the one hand, he severely punished these Taoists, and on the other hand, he ordered a strict investigation of the Zhenyang Sect.
A solemn religious ceremony ended in tragedy, and the common people returned to their homes in frustration.
The prince was so ruthless that he was determined to save the situation even if it meant not eating or sleeping, and he ordered King Xi's men to bring relief immediately.
"King Xi" covered his face with a scarf but remained respectful as he ordered his men to bring up boxes of things.
Not to mention the prince, even Yu Shanhe was shocked.
King Xi's men actually mobilized General He, the military governor of Chang'an County, to bring dozens of boxes of insecticides and poisons.
"Your Highness, please cover your mouths and noses, Your Highness, and all the nobles. This is poison, and I'm afraid it will be harmful to you."
The commander-in-chief saluted the prince with great respect, saying that King Xi had sent someone to deliver a letter with the prescription for killing locusts, and had hired dozens of doctors to develop it day and night.
They tried it on birds, and all of them died within an hour after eating it.
"If it's a small insect like a locust, it will die faster!"
Zhou Shaoyu asked, "According to the commander-in-chief, do you intend to feed this medicine to the locusts?"
"Sprinkle it on the crops, and the locusts will die naturally after eating the leaves and fruits contaminated with the poison."
They fed the locusts leaves dipped in poison, and all the locusts died.
Zhou Shaoyu asked and found out that the medicine needs to be spread manually, with each fruit plant being sprinkled with the medicine.
"Oh, by the time you apply the medicine, the locusts will have eaten everything and flown away. If you apply the medicine to every plant, I'm afraid that the dozens of boxes you have won't be enough, right?" Zhou Shaoyu said, "Since it's a poison, will people be poisoned if they come into contact with it?"
Governor He said: "It is poison and of course it is dangerous, but it will be different if you take good precautions."
The prince's intuition was not right. Just as he was about to speak, a voice like a yellow oriole suddenly came: "This medicine also dissolves in water. It will be faster if you pour water on it."
A woman came in from outside, wearing a veil and a hat covering her face.
Dong Liu shouted, "Who are you?"
The military governor replied for her: "Your Highness, this person is the wife that Prince Xi has asked to manage the prescriptions."
The woman said that the powder could be dissolved in water, and the people could voluntarily hold basins and press the crops into the basins one by one, or use brooms to dip the medicine and splash it on the crops, which would effectively kill the insects.
Xie Yanyan was listening nearby and had to say that King Xi's method was at least more reliable than the Taoist's, although - it was useless!
This woman in front of me, oh, who else could it be but Xie Xiangxiang!
The prince secretly glanced at Xie Yanyan, who had no expression on his face, and said to "Prince Xi": "Hurry up and kill the locusts. If you can, the court will definitely remember Prince Xi's great achievement."
Xie Xiangxiang bowed and retreated, without looking around or even at anyone else.
Who cares about your reward?
[If King Xi kills the locusts, the people of the entire northwest will be loyal to him]
[Daqin belongs to the prince]
(End of this chapter)
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