Chapter 12012 The old Taoist has gained power, the Zhou family has been abused, I feel good...
I dumped Zhou Yaozong's body into the riverbed, too lazy to create any traces. The Yunshui River was already known for its dangerous nature, so it wasn't surprising for someone to fall into it and die. Furthermore, Zhou Yaozong was known for being unlucky in marriage, so it was only natural that he would be killed.
Besides, the Yunshui River is a branch of the Yellow River after it was diverted. What's wrong with catching some people to eat when you're hungry?
No problem at all!
More than that, I'm worried about where to live. Back when I was a fisherman, I could just make do. But now that I've taken on a human form, I can't afford to be so careless. But the riverbed is nothing but bones, not even a piece of wood, let alone a palace. Could it be that the former Goddess of Cloud and Water didn't live in the Cloud and Water River?
So worried...
It didn’t matter if I didn’t transform into a human form before, but it’s different now. It turns out that humans are the embodiment of desire.
But just when I was at my wit's end, things took a turn for the better.
That day, I lay on the water in my original form, basking in the sun, occasionally blowing bubbles to make my presence felt. Suddenly, a group of people arrived at the Yunshui River, including an old Taoist priest. To put it nicely, his figure resembled a crane, but to put it bluntly, he was thin. Overall, he seemed quite worthy of the title of "old Taoist priest."
I dived into the water and came behind the nearest rock. Jinniang came to me and told me that those people were from the Zhou family, and the old Taoist was the one who helped them before.
"After I avenged my great vengeance, I went to find the Taoist priest. When he heard what had happened, he reassured us and said he had a way to resolve the matter, but he still hoped for your help."
This piqued my interest and I wanted to see how the old Taoist fooled people. As for helping, hey, it's just a matter of convenience!
The old Taoist held a whisk on his left arm. His eyes met Jinniang, and then fell on me. He made a subtle gesture with his left hand's middle finger and index finger. He was suddenly startled and quickly looked away.
"Master, what did you discover?"
The Zhou family's housekeeper had sharp eyes. Seeing the old Taoist's gesture, he became extremely alert and vigilantly watched his surroundings. Yunshui River was a place most people didn't want to come to.
The old Taoist didn't seem to be embarrassed at all about being discovered. He stopped looking at me and said calmly, "Didn't you notice?"
Butler: "What did you find?"
The old Taoist sighed, flicked his whisk, and slowly walked to the river. Then he squatted down, scooped up a handful of water, and said slowly:
"The water is clear, the current neither slow nor fast, and the vegetation on both sides is lush, and the yang energy is strong... Clearly, this Yunshui River is no longer what it used to be."
The housekeeper couldn't figure out what was going on, so he asked stiffly, "What does this have to do with our boss?"
The old Taoist snorted, stood up, swung his whisk again, and said in a deafening tone:
"The Yunshui River used to be dark and turbid, its banks blocking out the sun. It was cold and damp year-round, and the vegetation withered. As the saying goes, 'evil spirits bind the soul, and misfortune never ceases.' It attracted many evil things, and with so many people dying unexpectedly, the resentment naturally grew too strong, causing the cycle to repeat. Naturally, the Yunshui River became a sinister river! Housekeeper Zhou, aren't you curious as to why?"
Zhou Jia said with a forced smile: "Master Taoist, don't forget the purpose of today. You have calculated that our boss is here! Where is he now?!" At the instruction of the housekeeper, several servants behind him glared at the old Taoist, rubbing their hands, as if they were ready to rush forward and beat him up at any time.
The old Taoist was not lying at all. He glanced at him and said, "Every word I said is true. If you don't believe me..." He flicked his whisk helplessly and said, "There is nothing I can do."
The butler glared at him, then raised his hand, and the servants behind him stopped.
"Send a few people to look for someone nearby!"
"yes!"
About half an incense stick? Or maybe a whole stick? I'm just not very sensitive to time. The Zhou family's servants returned, finding nothing. When the butler tried to interrogate the Taoist priest again, his ethereal voice reached him like the whisper of a demon.
"You haven't seen this river yet."
The Zhou family servant was stunned at first, and then he was horrified.
Who doesn't know what it means to be in the river? It's over, it's really over!
"Boss! Boss!" The servants all looked as if they had lost their parents.
The housekeeper, however, didn't believe it. He frowned and said in a stern tone, "Old Taoist! Don't talk nonsense! How could our master be in the river?"
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist said in a cold voice, "This Yunshui River is a dangerous place. Even if the evil aura has subsided a little in the past few days, people have died violently! And your master is just a mortal! Can he defeat the evil spirits?!"
"You stinky Taoist priest, you're so evil! Our boss wears the jade pendant blessed by Jiayun Temple all year round, which keeps ghosts away. How could he be harmed by evil spirits?"
Jade pendant?
Oh, by the way, Zhou Yaozong does have a jade pendant.
I immediately dived to the bottom of the river and came to Zhou Yaozong's body, and found the jade pendant. I wanted to throw it away in an obvious place, but then I came up with a plan that was going to cause a big trouble.
Stones are not a good option, they are too obvious, so... hehe!
I gently bent it with both hands, and a crack appeared in the middle of the jade pendant.
So what if it's been consecrated? So what if ghosts can't get close to me? I'm the product of innate spiritual energy. I'm neither a demon nor a human. What can they do to me?
From the moment I met Zhou Yaozong, I understood that these so-called blessed objects worn by scumbags were nothing but a pile of junk to me.
Just as the butler was questioning the Taoist priest, a whirlpool appeared in the middle of the Yunshui River. A jade pendant floated up from the whirlpool and slowly landed on the shore.
"This... this is the boss's jade pendant!"
"Boss! Boss is really in the Yunshui River!"
"What should I do?! Boss, Boss!"
The butler's eyes twitched, "Shut up, everyone! The boss is blessed with good fortune!"
When the old Taoist saw a crack in the middle of the jade pendant, he took a few steps back in panic, "Broken jade! It's actually broken jade! As the saying goes, jade can protect its owner from disasters, but now the jade is broken and the owner is dead. What a sin I have committed to cause the wrath of the Goddess Xunyunshui..." He immediately raised his arms and knelt, "Goddess Xunyunshui! I didn't mean to disturb you! Please forgive me! Goddess Xunyunshui! I didn't mean to disturb you! Please forgive me!"
Seeing that the Zhou family and others were still standing there in a daze, he immediately pulled the butler over and pushed him to the ground.
"Why are you still standing? Are you trying to kill yourself? Get down on your knees and admit your mistake!"
Before the butler knew what was happening, the Taoist priest grabbed his neck and pushed him down, his face directly to the ground. Each time he was hit, he was extremely strong.
I suspect he is seeking revenge.
It was almost time, so I hooked my finger and suddenly a thick column of water rose up from the Yunshui River, like a giant dragon, twisting and breaking out of the water.
"It's a dragon sucking water!"
Someone shouted. Even the dumbest person would know what to do in such a scene. A group of people knelt on the ground, imitating the old Taoist priests and bowing loudly.
The current carried with it mud, broken grass, and unknown bones from the riverbed. I added some material and brought up some of Zhou Yaozong's fragments.
The broken limbs, bones, mud, sand and broken grass were thrown onto the shore.
"Yes, it's the boss's hand! There's a mole on the boss's palm!"
【Noisy! 】
【roll! 】
Niangniang Yunshui has a bad temper. This is a branch of the Yellow River. It would be strange if she had a good temper.
The Zhou family's steward had been forced to believe that his master had drowned. He stared blankly at Zhou Yaozong's severed limbs and nearly fainted. Many of the servants behind him had also fainted.
"How could this be? How could this be!"
This act created momentum for the Taoist priest and brought disaster to the Zhou family. I felt great.
After the waterspout disappeared, the old Taoist finally recovered his breath. He then sat down on the ground and muttered, "No wonder... No wonder... The murderous aura of the Yunshui River has subsided a lot. It turns out that the Yunshui Goddess has awakened..."
The Zhou family's housekeeper's face was covered in blood. He was about to question the Taoist priest, but he saw the Taoist priest shudder and said, "No, I can't do this! You should find someone else!"
The old Taoist stood up and made a gesture to leave.
The housekeeper no longer cared about personal grudges. He quickly stood up and stopped the old Taoist priest, tears streaming down his face, saying, "Master! Master! Please don't leave. What on earth has happened? The boss's hand, the boss's hand, how could it be... that dragon sucking water just now, and that sound..."
The butler was already incoherent.
The old Taoist snorted coldly, shook off the butler's hand, and said, "Don't you know what happened? Do you really need me to explain it clearly? Your Zhou family has offended Empress Yunshui!"
"Yun, Madam Yunshui?!"
The old Taoist stroked his long beard. "Of course there's a river fairy in Yunshui River. That fairy is none other than Yunshui Niangniang. Those souls who died unexpectedly were taken away by Yunshui Niangniang. Otherwise, why would Yunshui River have such a sinister aura? Previously, Yunshui Niangniang was asleep, and the little ghost proclaimed himself king. Fortunately, Yunshui Niangniang has awakened, and the world has been restored to order..."
After saying this, the old Taoist looked at the housekeeper coldly, "Don't think I don't know what kind of person Zhou Yaozong is and how his three wives died. If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself. Zhou Yaozong has committed many sins, and he will have to pay for them! Goddess Yunshui is a river fairy, and water is the foundation of all life. I think those three wives who died unjustly reported it to Goddess Yunshui. If you offend Goddess Yunshui, your Zhou family will be in big trouble! And those who are watching coldly, Chengyun County will be in big trouble..."
"you--"
The Zhou family's housekeeper wanted to refute, but didn't know how to start.
Zhou Yaozong's reputation as a wife-killer wasn't a good one, but compared to his wife-killing reputation, it was still a good one. The people of Chengyun County weren't fools. How could it be so coincidental that he'd be killed so many times? It was just that no one had investigated the matter. If anyone had sought justice for them, the rumors of his wife-killing status would have been easily dispelled.
The old Taoist said, "I am not an official, so how they died is none of my business. But there were three lives lost, and an unborn baby. The baby died before he was even born, and his resentment is even greater than that of the three ladies."
He said in a deep voice, "It should have been born to enjoy all the splendors of the world, but due to human reasons, it was never born. Babies are the purest beings in the world. Pure good, pure evil. Steward Zhou, do you think this unborn baby is pure evil, or pure good?"
The old Taoist glanced at the butler, and the mockery in his eyes was like a materialized attack that made the butler's hands and feet cold.
The baby in Wu Niang's arms began to cry at the right moment. Everyone couldn't help but tremble when they heard the faint cry of the baby.
The butler smiled, but his smile looked extremely funny because of his stiff steps.
Then he took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and put it into the Taoist priest's hand.
"Master, please don't blame me. Master, please don't blame me. I'll report back to the master and then I'll treat you..."
The old Taoist straightened his whisk and dodged, "I can't bear it."
"No, no, I can afford it! I can afford it!" The butler stuffed the silver into the old Taoist's hands.
I said to Jinniang, "This ingot of silver is quite shiny. But one ingot is not enough."
Jinniang covered her mouth and smiled, "Don't worry, the Zhou family has plenty of money, and except for the money that glitters, everything else is black!"
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All the stories about evil spirits are fabricated.
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