Chapter 245: The dog official deserves it, the rat plague is over
The City God found a house, but it was completely empty. It was this strange omen that the Yin Messenger discovered the clues, which led to the endless number of rats running around.
There is a rockery in the mansion, and under the rockery there is a cave, from which countless rats crawl out.
The City God snorted coldly, pointed his finger, and said, "Suppress!"
There was a loud bang in the cave, and a cloud of dust flew out of the cave. The rat was never seen crawling out again.
The City God said, "Dig it up."
Immediately, two judges who knew earth magic came forward, moved the rockery away, and pushed aside the soil and rocks, revealing a huge underground secret room.
In the secret room, a cloth bag was buried in the rubble. A little ghost found it and presented it to the City God.
The City God opened the cloth bag and several mice jumped out of it.
The City God quickly closed the cloth bag and rubbed his hands together. Then a divine fire was ignited, which made the cloth bag squeak. Countless mice hidden in the cloth bag rushed around, but they were all reduced to ashes by the divine fire.
The little ghost went into the underground secret room and explored it several times, but apart from the cloth bag, there were only some traces of living people, but no one was seen.
The City God's expression immediately darkened, and he said, "We've fallen into a trap."
Sure enough, there was a loud noise in the north of the city.
The City God immediately turned into a rainbow of light and flew away, but when he reached the north of the city, he saw the city gate collapsed, the soldiers defending the city collapsed on the ground, and the ghost soldiers guarding the city had disappeared, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
Written in red lacquer on the city wall was the phrase: "This corrupt official is greedy and murderous. I'll lend you some money from the treasury."
The City God was so angry that his face turned blue. He shouted, "Chase him!"
The judge and the ghost messenger who had finally caught up with him hurriedly chased him out of the city and searched everywhere.
The City God managed to calm down and said to the Yin-Yang Judge who was always by his side, "Order the City Gods of all counties and the local community gods to hunt down the silver thief."
"Send a dream to the governor and tell him to take care of himself!"
The prefect could not sleep well because the treasury silver was stolen. Although he had already arranged for his subordinates to investigate, he was still worried about it and was half asleep and half awake when he slept.
The judge appeared in his dream and reported: "Zhang Taishou, the silver thief has escaped from the county town. Please order a quick pursuit."
Just one sentence woke Zhang Taishou from his dream. Before he could give any order, his subordinates came to report, "The north gate has collapsed. The evil man summoned rats to gnaw the gate and left a message on the city wall, saying..."
Zhang Taishou angrily asked, "What did you say?"
"They say that you are greedy and murderous, so I'm borrowing some money from the treasury."
Zhang Taishou felt dizzy and said with all his might, "Let's go, let's go and take a look!"
After leaving the prefectural government, the streets were teeming with rats, a terrifying sight. When I reached the north gate, a surge of blood rushed to my head, and I screamed, "Scrape these words off! Scrape them off!"
The entire county town was in turmoil, with soldiers running around, rats howling, and torches blazing through the streets.
The sound of the city gate collapsing woke up countless people, but they soon realized that something big had happened. They dared not make a sound and hid in their homes until dawn.
Gong Mengbi and Fatty Kang watched the City God running around north and south, but ultimately failed to catch the demon. The ghost soldiers rushed out of the city to chase him, but they probably got nothing.
"So he stole the treasury silver. He's really brave." Gong Mengbi exclaimed in amazement.
Although they were in the west of the city, the words on the city wall had been there for so long, how could they have been kept in the dark?
Fatty Kang snorted coldly and said, "It's what the official deserves."
Gong Mengbi looked at him, showing that he was willing to hear more details.
Fatty Kang said, "The governor is known for his love of money. They say 'the sky is three feet high.' Three years ago, when there was a flood, there was very little relief. Last winter, people froze to death, and there was no government relief. This year, Tangxi flooded again, and the refugees who arrived at the county seat were driven away, and there was still no relief at all."
Gong Mengbi said: "No wonder he is a dog official."
Fatty Kang waved his hand and said, "Go back. The City God has suffered a loss. Don't let him see it."
When the two returned to the store, they saw the white-haired rat teasing a large black rat, hanging it with a piece of dried meat.
Gong Mengbi frowned and said, "Brother, the silver thieves drove rats to cause harm, and you have a rat demon in your store, so you'd better be careful recently."
Fatty Kang nodded and said, "I understand. I'll transfer him to the kitchen tomorrow."
Fatty Kang laughed and scolded, "Jialu, stop playing around. Be careful these few days, or you'll be caught and tortured by the underworld. You'll suffer."
The deer was startled and chased the mouse away, saying, "Go, go, go out and find something to eat."
The big black rat jumped up and bit the deer's hand, then turned around and ran away.
The deer was furious: "How dare you, a little mouse, bully me!"
He reached out and threw the dried meat, hitting the big black rat on the head. It fell over several times and stood up shaking its head, still holding the dried meat in its mouth as it ran away.
"Idiot." Fatty Kang shook his head.
"The domestic deer was born with white fur. He was bullied and driven out by a pack of rats. Even after becoming a spirit, he still fights alone. Last year, he came to my shop to steal food and I caught him. I hired him as a waiter. He's not a bad person, just too timid and not very smart."
Gong Mengbi smiled and said, "I think he is very clever."
Jialu seemed to hear Gong Mengbi talking about him. He looked at Gong Mengbi and gave him a flattering smile.
After all the commotion, it was almost dawn.
It was not until dawn that the county town became noisy.
The dead rats all over the ground make people feel fear, not only the fear of rats, but also the fear of plague.
Although ghosts and gods showed that these rats were created by evil spirits and would not cause plague, the government still made sufficient preparations due to its fear and awe of the plague. It mobilized civilians to clean up the rat corpses and burn them in a centralized manner.
The dead rats were easy to clean up, but the big rats that were not dead were the ones that really caused trouble to the lives of the people in the county.
These rats are big and ferocious. They no longer steal food, but rob it. Only those who have cats and dogs at home can escape.
The rat problem was so severe that even the government granaries were visited by rats. For a time, cats became very valuable in Jinhua.
Although hiring a cat to drive away rats is a good idea, cats cannot appear out of thin air, and it takes time for kittens to grow up. It is difficult to solve the problem in a short period of time by raising cats to drive away rats.
There are quite a few people who made a fortune by selling rat poison, but soon, rat poison became ineffective.
These rats are becoming more and more cunning. They won’t eat anything that has been poisoned with rat poison. Even the things on the mousetraps can be eaten by the rats without moving the traps at all.
People said that the rat had become a spirit.
But in fact, it was not that the rat had become a spirit, but that the rat spirit had soldiers and horses, which showed an unusual sign.
Jialu told Fatty Kang, "My original rat group had a rat king who had already become a spirit. With so many elite soldiers and generals, he naturally became more daring. Now he only steals food, but sooner or later he will start stealing money."
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