casket of old days

Chapter 110 Chu Qiguang Subdues the Demon

In the evening of this day, Chu Qiguang checked the progress of the craftsmen's research and development, and urged the 12 craftsmen.After all, this business is very important. He has to come and see it every few days. On the one hand, he pays close attention to the progress, and on the other hand, he exchanges inspiration with the craftsmen.

This kind of fulfilling life seems to make Chu Qiguang feel that he has returned to his youthful years, and he thinks of the days when he and a group of employees enjoyed blessings every day at 996.

After catching up on the progress of the project, he left the city and was walking towards Hongyan Township in Qingyang County with Qiao Zhi.

Looking at the rugged road illuminated by the evening sun, hearing the strange cries of wolves and owls coming from the mountains in the distance, and Qiao Zhi talking about monsters with him, it made him realize again... now This is a world of monsters.

"There is a Nanjian Village in Hongyan Township. It used to be a brewery, but it was gradually dilapidated after a fire. A few years ago, I heard that the apportionment was too heavy. Most of the young men and women in the village fled. Some old, weak, sick and disabled."

"These are real hardships, haha, even if you can't force them out, the government simply treats them as if they don't exist, and doesn't even bother to collect taxes."

Chu Qiguang knew that some dilapidated villages in Qingyang County would always owe taxes if they could not collect taxes.

Every few years, the imperial court always pardons these tax arrears, after all, it is really too poor to pay, and the pardon can also demonstrate the benevolent government of the imperial court.

At this moment, Chu Qiguang rushed to Hongyan Township just to subdue the demon.

Since Chu Qiguang became the leader of the largest monster gang in Qingyang County, in order not to attract the attention of Tianshijiao and Zhenmasi, he will deliberately guide his monsters not to cause trouble.

But this time when all the monsters in the county were summoned, not every monster would listen to him.He could only directly press down some troublesome monsters himself, so as not to arouse the ideas of Zhenmensi and Tianshijiao.

Chu Qiguang thought to himself: "These monsters are really disturbing." '

Qiao Zhi continued: "In the past few months, it is said that a monster appeared in Nanjian Village. He often came to the village to make troubles. What's more, no one was killed in this matter, and the villagers gradually got used to it, and let this monster make trouble."

"Yesterday, when Baimi went to Nanjian Village, he wanted to invite this monster to Wangjiazhuang."

"The monster didn't want to, so Bai Mi quarreled with him, and ended up being attacked and beaten up."

"Before Baimi left, I heard that people were killed in this village, I'm afraid it wasn't caused by monsters."

"Now I'm afraid that the Taoist priest will dispatch to catch this monster. The monster already knows about our recent gathering of monsters. It will be troublesome if the Taoist priest interrogates him."

After listening to Qiao Zhi's report, Chu Qiguang nodded and said: "Okay, let's get this done before the Taoist chiefs come, and the masters in the Taoist temple are still busy with the preparation of the merit bank, so don't bother them .”

Behind Chu Qiguang and Qiao Zhi, Chen Gang, Bai Mi, and Datou followed, all of whom were called to strike.

When he arrived outside Nanjian Village, Chu Qiguang found that the fields were in good order, and ditches had even been dug around them. It didn't look like the dilapidated appearance that Qiao Zhi said before.

Then Chu Qiguang and Chen Gang entered the village, while Qiao Zhi took Baimi and Datou to search around outside the village, looking for traces of the monster.

Walking into the village, you can see big holes in the roofs of some earthen houses, some wooden doors collapsed on the ground, most of the farm tools in the yard were discarded at will, and there are even traces of decay on the wooden handles. No one has farmed for a long time.

Farther away, a large area of ​​scorched ruins can be vaguely seen, which are obviously left over from the fire in the past.

In this dilapidated village, some old people squatted under the wall and looked at Chu Qiguang who entered the village. They were all skinny, and when they saw Chu Qiguang entered the village, they all looked at him curiously.

Chu Qiguang asked Chen Gang to inquire about the news, while he chatted with an old man squatting by the roadside.

The other party was also indifferent, especially after Chu Qiguang gave ten copper coins, he talked to him more enthusiastically about the situation here.

Generally speaking, there has been a severe drought in the past two years, and the village has always had a meal without a meal, and people starve to death every year.

And ever since the monster came to the village to steal food, life has become even more difficult, relying on the villagers to help each other to make ends meet.

After a while, Chen Gang came back and said: "I went to the head of the village to ask. There is a monster who has been making trouble in Nanjian Village recently. He often comes to steal the food in the village at night. The villagers are miserable."

So Chu Qiguang followed Chen Gang to the Li Chang's house, and what appeared in front of Chu Qiguang was an extremely thin middle-aged man, not an old man like other villagers.

Chu Qiguang found that he seemed to be the only one living in this house, and there were no traces of the lives of other relatives.

The name here is Zheng Sanshui. Hearing that Chu Qiguang came to subdue monsters, Zheng Sanshui showed a vigilant expression on his face: "Are you two masters in the Taoist temple?"

Chen Gang said: "Don't be afraid, the head of the village. Our son is not a master in the Taoist temple. He doesn't accept your offerings or money. He just came to help the village to cast down demons."

Zheng Sanshui immediately relaxed a little when he heard that the Taoist priests were not Taoists, but he said suspiciously: "Can you subdue demons?"

Chen Gang said proudly: "My son has a hard-trained martial arts. He can stand upright with his fists and walk a horse with his arms. Subduing a little monster is not easy."

So Zheng Sanshui talked about the monster again, but this Zheng Sanshui obviously has no culture, he came and went all the time talking about a black shadow drilling around, stealing food, digging holes, and so on. Very useful information.

"I heard that the monster killed someone?" When Chu Qiguang proposed to look at the corpse, Zheng Sanshui's face changed, as if he had thought of something bad, and said with a gloomy face, "I advise you not to look at it." , I couldn’t sleep at night after watching it.”

Chu Qiguang smiled: "I have long been used to not sleeping."

So at Chu Qiguang's insistence, Zheng Sanshui led the two of them towards the ancestral hall in the village, and Chu Qiguang followed behind. Seeing Zheng Sanshui's limping appearance, he found that there seemed to be some problems with the other party's right leg. Convenience.

On the way, Chu Qiguang chatted casually with the other party, and inquired about the situation in Nanjian Village. It turned out that there were only a group of old people left, and Zheng Sanshui in front of him was already the youngest one.

He couldn't help thinking: "If there are no young people in this village, how did they manage the fields outside and dig ditches?"Can these old people do it? '

As soon as he came to the ancestral hall, a rancid smell came over his face. Chu Qiguang swept across the altar not far away, and found that Xuanyuan Taoist here seemed to have not been worshiped for a long time, and it was covered with dust.

(End of this chapter)