Chapter 126 Sacrifice
Yang Kaiguang looked at the handsome man in front of him, his voice trembling.
"I was very happy to learn that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming to Gangu County to hold a rain-praying ceremony. However, I was also afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would fail to pray for rain and would lose the support of the people, so I specially found a master. This master claimed to be a Taoist and was proficient in the art of Qimen Bagua. He told me that if I wanted to pray for rain successfully, I had to be sincere. The so-called sincerity meant offering a sufficiently generous sacrifice."
Luo Qinghan's eyes moved slightly: "Those children, are they sacrifices?"
"Yes, on the day when His Royal Highness prays for rain, these children will be offered as sacrifices to God."
Luo Qinghan said in a cold voice: "Those are human lives. You are taking their lives lightly."
Yang Kaiguang hurriedly defended himself.
"Your Highness has misunderstood. I have no intention of killing anyone. After the rain-making ceremony is over, the children who were sacrificed will be sent home. No matter how cruel I am, I will not kill all those children."
Luo Qinghan asked in a deep voice: "Since the lives of those children will not be harmed, why do you resort to such shameful means as kidnapping children? You could just tell the children's parents and family members directly."
Yang Kaiguang choked and more cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Nie Changping pinched the back of his neck and asked sinisterly.
"You still want to lie to us even at this point? I think you don't want to live like this anymore."
Yang Kaiguang was so frightened that he dared not hide anything anymore and told everyone he knew.
"It was that master who told me that praying for rain is not easy, and the sacrifices must be carefully selected. Ordinary children are not acceptable. They must be children between eight and twelve years old with water in their horoscopes. The more sacrifices, the better. In order to collect as many children with water in their horoscopes as possible, I simply captured all the children between eight and twelve years old in the city and asked the master to screen them one by one. In the end, we will keep the children with water in their horoscopes, and send the others back home."
"The child you used as a sacrifice will eventually die, right?"
Yang Kaiguang didn't dare to answer this question directly and could only defend himself tremblingly.
"All of this was ordered by that master. I just did what he said. I am innocent. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Luo Qinghan: "You just said that the master claimed to be from the Xuanmen?"
Yang Kaiguang nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"What's his name? And how did you find him?"
"His Taoist name is Qianshan Jushi. He arrived in Gangu County a month ago and set up a stall in the county town, specializing in fortune-telling. Everyone said that his fortune-telling was extremely accurate and that he was a truly capable master. After hearing about this, I ordered someone to invite him to the county government office and asked him to tell my fortune. As a result, he really got it right. I saw that he was really capable, so I asked him for advice on praying for rain."
Nie Changping raised his head and looked at the prince, and asked, "Your Highness, how about I go and capture that Taoist priest who is pretending to be a ghost?"
Luo Qinghan nodded and agreed.
He also wanted to see the origins of Qianshan Jushi, who was regarded as a great master.
Nie Changping took the order and left.
Because County Magistrate Yang was kidnapped, the entire county government office was in chaos tonight, which made it easier for Nie Changping and others to act.
They quietly sneaked into the county government office and found Qianshan Jushi who was about to pack up and run away. They knocked him unconscious and took him out of the government office.
When Mr. Qianshan woke up, he was already lying in an abandoned courtyard.
(End of this chapter)
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