Chapter 831: Kill Him with a Sword
Zhao Siqi hid in the corner, holding his breath and concentrating, trying not to avoid the intoxicating fragrance.
The servants in the courtyard thought the fragrance was pleasant, giving them a feeling of ascending to heaven, but Zhao Siqi could clearly sense that their blood was surging, their spirits were trembling, and their souls were on the verge of leaving their bodies.
Zhao Siqi was also dressed as a waiter at this moment, wearing a hemp robe and a green hair, and mingled among the servants.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people worship the City God.
The temple fair is bustling with people during the day, but becomes silent at night.
Night is the hunting ground of ghosts and gods. Although the people in the city cannot see clearly, they can see the shadows and understand that the night is very dangerous. In addition to the evil bandits, there are also frequent strange things.
In the silent night, only the courtyard was brightly lit, filled with singing and dancing. The courtyard was located near the City God Temple, and it was rich and magnificent.
Zhao Siqi sneaked in.
The county magistrate's retainers recruited people from among the refugees, without specifying what they were to do, only that they were looking for people to work, and that they needed to be brave, healthy, and free of ties.
The refugees surrounded the retainers in a circle, and finally picked out only twelve of them, washed them clean, changed them into new clothes, and sent them to this villa.
The housekeeper had already established rules that prohibited people from listening or looking at anything else, and not from making a fuss if they saw anything strange.
At night, the main hall was filled with wine and banquets, burning incense and ointments, and the lights made the hall golden.
The county magistrate arrived first with his attendants, and then the Taoist priests from the City God Temple came with musical instruments. Then a strong wind blew, making it impossible for people to open their eyes.
Finally, it is like this now, with the sound of Taoist music playing in the room and the sounds of clinking glasses and toasting each other.
At first, the Taoist music could cover up the sounds of people talking in the room, but when the housekeeper led a group of beautiful women in, the Taoist music disappeared.
Soon the hall was filled with the sounds of men and women having sex, mixed with loud conspiracies.
"Recently, bandits have been rampant, repeatedly attacking the official roads. The mountainous terrain is treacherous, and we still need the might of the gods to be able to deal with it."
"Why are you so anxious? Just send the troops to encircle and suppress them. I happen to be short of living souls, so they can fill the gap."
"It's not that I'm anxious, I'm just worried that the merchants and wealthy families in the county will flee, which would be bad."
"Don't panic. Just extort some money from them and pretend to suppress the bandits. Once you have collected enough money, the bandit problem will naturally be eliminated."
"I rely on the God."
"Hahahaha, you're just a coward. Is it that you're not good with real money, or that women are not fun?"
"I've been accustomed to poverty, and now that times have changed, I've made the deity laugh at me. I'll have to rely on you more in the future. If you can help me, I'll cast a golden statue for the City God Temple this year."
"Okay, okay, if you gather some young and strong men, I can make you a longevity pill and make you live a hundred years."
"The twelve waiters outside are all young and strong, just waiting for the divine intervention!"
"Sure, sure!"
When Zhao Siqi heard the story, he immediately became alert and wanted to leave, but found that the courtyard gate was locked and there was no way to escape.
When the servants in the courtyard heard these words, they were immediately awakened from the intoxicating aroma of the ointment, and hurriedly gathered towards the courtyard gate to escape, but found that the courtyard gate was locked tightly. The main door and the side door were all set up backwards. As long as they were locked from the outside, there would be no way out from the inside.
"What should I do?"
"Help--"
Zhao Siqi stepped forward and whispered, "Get out of the way."
The panicked waiter made way for him and saw him reach out to take out the bamboo sword and slash at the courtyard gate through the air.
The bamboo sword stopped in front of the wooden door, but the heavy sound of the chain falling to the ground was heard.
The waiters were overjoyed and pushed the door open to escape.
Zhao Siqi was sitting in the back when he heard the ghost in the hall say, "Huh? How come a rat got in among the waiters you hired and let all the human sacrifices go?"
The county magistrate's voice immediately became tense and panicked. "God, don't let them leave alive!"
"Little mouse, can you escape from my palm?"
The sound gradually became louder, more powerful and majestic, like thunder.
The door to the hall was wide open, revealing a dazzling golden and silver light, as well as the intertwined white bodies inside.
Among them, a man with a strong posture was half-undressed and leaning on a tiger-skin cushion. He looked out with a gleam in his eyes.
In Zhao Siqi's eyes, the man turned into a ghost in an instant, with a green face and fangs, extremely ferocious. The huge ghost stretched out his hand, as if pressing down a Five Elements Mountain, which was about to fall on Zhao Siqi.
Zhao Siqi cursed inwardly, swung his sword and retreated. The fire in his heart leaped like a fox, moving between the five fingers of ghosts and gods, while he flew backward, not daring to fight.
The fire in his heart burned up along the ghost's palm, and the ghost was immediately confused and asked: "What is that?"
A divine light emanated from behind his head, illuminating the ghost's body and blocking the fire in his heart outside his body. Then he suddenly rushed forward like a waterfall, and in the blink of an eye he pinned Zhao Siqi under him.
The huge hand tightly grasped Zhao Siqi, and the whole world fell into darkness.
Flames ignited all over Zhao Siqi's body, the Pure Yang True Fire and the Heart Moon Fox Fire intertwined with each other, protecting him, but in a moment, the armor formed by the flames shattered into pieces.
"It's over!" Zhao Siqi's eyes fell into darkness, his whole body was squeezed as if it was about to fall apart, his mind suddenly became scattered, and countless memories appeared like dispersed smoke.
In the swirling mist, a young man in green clothes and red fur coat emerged. He walked behind Zhao Siqi, grasped the bamboo sword in his hand, and said, "Kill him with one sword!"
Zhao Siqi's mind was distracted and his strength was cut off, but at this moment, he didn't know where the power came from. He swung out with all his strength. The bamboo sword was like a swimming dragon, with the fire of his heart attached to it, and it cut through the darkness with unstoppable sharpness.
"ah!"
The ghost felt pain and flung Zhao Siqi out. Zhao Siqi flew in the air, but without the ghost's big hand suppressing him, his mind and strength gradually returned.
He flipped in the air, landed on the ground, and left a long trail of dust on the ground. He was gasping for breath, still frightened.
The ghost god spread out his palm, only to see a long wound winding across the center of his palm. The ghost god's blood slid down his palm, and the fox fire penetrated into the skin and flesh along the wound.
Zhao Siqi was still observing when he heard Gong Mengbi's clear voice: "Why are you still looking here if you don't run away quickly?"
Zhao Siqi woke up as if from a dream, climbed over the courtyard wall in a flash, and disappeared into the night.
Only the huge ghost image was left standing in the night, staring at the wound on its hand in a trance, as if the wound had great attraction, more attractive than the fleeing little mouse.
The fox fire wrapped around the wound was lively and cute, so cute that it not only came out of the wound, but also danced in his eyes.
The ghost was in a daze, standing in the night wind, and had no idea what he was doing.
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