Lan Zheyu closed his eyes.
The village chief said viciously, "I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son! Not only did you run away from home with your brother, but you also took so much food from the shop!"
The stick in his hand fell, but before it hit Lan Zheyu, it was grabbed by Lan Zhi.
"Who are you?" The village chief's face was sullen. Previously, he had been so preoccupied with his two sons that he paid no attention to anyone else. Now, as he looked at Lan Zhi, his expression was first filled with murderous anger, then slowly transformed into horror, fear, humility, and finally into fawning flattery. He let go of his stick, nodded, and said, "I didn't know the Holy Envoy was coming. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. I hope you won't blame me."
"Holy Envoy?" The two Lan brothers were stunned.
Zhu Tong had heard the noise a long time ago. She took a rolling pin in her hand and tiptoed around to the back, ready to hit the village chief from behind. Zhu Tong had already swung the rolling pin when she heard the village chief shout "Your Excellency the Holy Envoy". However, it was too late to withdraw her hand. With a "bang", Lan Yingxiong, who was standing behind the village chief, was hit hard by the rolling pin. His eyes rolled back and his body fell limply to the ground.
Lan Zhi opened her eyes slightly, "Sister, sister, you..."
The village chief turned around and saw his eldest son lying on the ground. He frowned, glanced at Zhu Tong calmly, then retracted his gaze and ordered, "Zhe Yu, drag your eldest brother's body aside. Don't block the road in front of the Holy Envoy's house."
Lan Zheyu still had some affection for his eldest brother. He was a little surprised to hear his father's indifference, but he didn't say much. He and his third brother were about to carry his eldest brother back to the room. Even if they had to put him on the ground, it would be better than leaving him on the roadside. Unexpectedly, the village chief screamed, "Where are you going? Don't pollute the Saint Envoy's house!"
After that, he said to Lan Zhi apologetically: "I'm sorry, my three sons are ignorant and have caused you trouble."
Lan Zhi said: "It's okay, just carry the person in."
"The Holy Envoy is truly merciful," the village chief praised with a smile. Turning to face his two sons, his expression changed again. He said, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry and carry the man into the room."
There was a look of contempt in his eyes, as if he was born superior to Lan Zheyu and Lan Jinyu.
"Daddy..." Lan Jinyu's expression was extremely uncomfortable. In his memory, the village chief's father was both a strict and kind father, and he was very good to him and his two brothers. Why was it like this today?
Is Daddy possessed?
The village chief said impatiently: "Stop yelling, you are not worthy of being my sons."
Hearing this, Lan Zheyu also looked hurt, but he found that he didn't seem to feel much sadness in his heart.
"How can you talk like that?" Lan Zhi said angrily.
"I..." The village chief looked terrified and asked, "Saint Envoy, have I done anything wrong?"
His status is lower than that of the White Mantles, at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Zhu Tong put away the rolling pin and saw that there was no blood on it. He muttered, "This guy's head is really hard."
She glanced at the village chief and saw that he was attentive to her brother, so she turned back to the kitchen to wash the rolling pin.
Seeing the village chief so spineless, Lan Zhi couldn't help but raise her foot and kick him. Lan Zhi didn't really use much force, but the village chief was too cooperative. After falling, he rolled back twice and said in a panic, "As expected of you, Lord Saint Envoy. This kick was very powerful. Ordinary people don't have such great strength. Good kick!"
Lan Zhi was both angry and amused. Not wanting to waste any more time with such a person, she asked, "How do you know I'm a Holy Envoy?"
The village chief replied, "I can vaguely sense the aura of your noble blood. We have all drunk the holy blood. We are all brothers and sisters. You are our elder brother. We all respect you from the bottom of our hearts and obey your commands. I drank one thousandth of the holy blood, and I will never forget the wonderful taste..."
"Stop talking nonsense. How many people in this village have drunk blood like you?"
The village chief's tone was still humble, but his expression was a little proud, "I'm the only one!"
Lan Zhi continued, "Your two sons..."
"What sons? Lord Holy Envoy, you know that the memories of Chihu Village are all false. They have no blood relationship with me. I am a devout believer of the master. To be honest, even if they are really my biological sons, as long as the master needs twins, I will send them away without hesitation!" The village chief patted his chest to show his loyalty.
"I, I am not my biological child?" Lan Jinyu stared at the village chief.
"Of course, let alone you two, your eldest brother is not his biological son either." The village chief said indifferently. He felt that he had already clung to the Holy Envoy's thigh and might even soar to the sky. Anyway, his son was not his biological son, so let them think whatever they wanted.
Lan Jinyu was completely dazed and didn't even remember how he and his second brother carried his eldest brother into the room. He asked, "If we're not biological children, then where did we come from? Did Dad pick us up from the street?"
Lan Zheyu said, "Don't call him dad anymore. He doesn't recognize us anymore."
"Tell me, Dad...why has the village chief changed so much? Also, what exactly does he mean by the Holy Envoy?"
"I don't know either." Lan Zheyu said as he gestured to his brother to keep quiet. Then he carefully put his ear to the door and eavesdropped on the conversation outside.
Lan Jinyu put his ear to the other door panel.
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Outside the house, the village chief had already told all the information he knew. He said that every village has a "village chief", and the children of the village chiefs are very special, most of them are twin brothers or sisters. Of course, these children are not their biological children. The village chiefs have relatively good families and they will let these children read and learn to read and recite spells.
"Lan Zheyu didn't memorize the text properly, and he still hasn't memorized the entire spell... As long as one of the twins can recite the spell, it will be enough. When it comes to sacrifice, the child who can recite the spell will stay in the mortal world and recite the spell on the altar..."
Lan Zhi asked: "Can you ensure that the other party will obey?"
The village chief smiled and replied, "We'll arrange for some villagers to act as listeners. We'll say it's to make the villagers realize the importance of knowledge. All we have to do is have Lan Zheyu recite a passage from a book. Even if he finds it strange, he'll still go on stage and recite it, half-believing. He won't know it's a spell because it's mixed in with the normal text. As for Lan Jinyu, he'll be handed over to the black-robed messenger to be taken underground, separating the twin brothers in the afterlife."
Lan Zhi asked: "Why do you do this?"
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