Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 140 Anecdote
Of course, Nanny Lu has already inquired about what happened to the Liu family.

Things are a bit complicated to say.

Mr. Liu died about four years ago.After his death, the white and fat son inherited his family business.But this Liu Dalang was spoiled by his mother since he was a child, he didn't like to meddle in common affairs, he only let his mother take care of the family property, and he hangs out with people all day, he is a well-known playboy in Jingyang.Just like this, he became obsessed with gambling, spent more and more money, and the situation at home was getting worse day by day.His mother wanted to persuade him, but he blocked her back. She was depressed and fell ill within two years.

Seeing that Liu Dalang was outrageous, the relatives came forward to reprimand him one after another. Another elder threatened that if he dared to continue indulging in gambling, the clan would come forward to take care of his property so that he would not lose his ancestral property.After that, he became more honest, and stopped going to the casino for entertainment. Instead, he bought some beautiful little girls to go home with him for fun, and only occasionally gambled with a few friends.Although this kind of thing is not ridiculous, but his mother saw that he was able to stay at home honestly and didn't lose much money, so she turned a blind eye and closed one eye.

It's just that the people in the Zhuangzi are a little strange, why did the girls that Liu Dalang bought back disappear after raising them?When asked where he went, he only said that he was tired of playing, so he sold it to a passing merchant.Afterwards, he went to buy a new one, but after a month or two, he disappeared again.

Seven or eight girls disappeared in this way, not only the people in the village talked about it privately, but even the people in the town began to feel that something was wrong. The family beat those girls to death, and they only said that they sold them to passing merchants, but they didn't know where they buried the bodies.

Not long ago, a son of an official from Xianyang took an oiran and passed by Jingyang by boat. Seeing that the lotus flowers on Liujiazhuang were still blooming, he went ashore to have a look.Seeing the beauty of the oiran, Liu Dalang invited the two of them to his home for a banquet.Originally, it was agreed that they would only stay for one night, but for some reason, after one night, the two disappeared.The family of the official's son came to inquire, Liu Dalang only said that he left early in the morning, but the people in Zhuangzi didn't see anyone leaving at all!The family of the son of an eunuch felt that something was wrong, remembering Liu Dalang's lustful expression towards the oiran, and suspected that he had murdered his lord in order to occupy the beauty, so they immediately returned to Xianyang to report to the lord.

A few days later, the county magistrate of Jingyang received a complaint, arrested Liu Dalang and ordered him to account for the whereabouts of the missing person.

At first Liu Dalang insisted that the guests had already left, but later he couldn't bear the severe punishment, so he admitted that the two did not leave his village, but he did not kill anyone, the local fire dragon god ate the two as sacrifices.

The county magistrate has served in Jingyang for three years, and is about to be promoted. He has never heard of any local fire dragon gods, so he thinks that Liu Dalang is just trying to quibble, and continues to serve him with severe punishment.Unable to bear it, Liu Dalang confessed that the man-eating one was not the fire dragon god, but a giant fire-breathing snake, as powerful as a demon god.He came across this snake by chance, and in order to save his life, he agreed to enshrine it for a long time. From time to time, he bought some little maids and brought them back until they were tender, and put them into its mouth.The snake took care of Zhuang Shouye for him, and whenever Xiaoxiao came to the door, it was eaten by it.

However, although Liu Dalang sacrificed his life to enshrine the monster snake, he only dared to buy some cheap slaves to feed it, and he never dared to think of the children of officials and eunuchs.He didn't know why the missing officials' children and oirans disappeared.He once asked the monster snake, and the other party only said that it was eaten by other monsters, and it was going to settle accounts with the monster, but it never came back.Liu Dalang was still worrying about what he would do in the future, and the government arrested him.

The county magistrate of Jingyang dubiously believed Liu Dalang's words, but when he saw that what he said was sound, he ordered people to escort him to Liujiazhuang to see what the so-called fire-breathing giant snake's lair looked like, and whether there were traces of monsters eating people?If there were no such traces, it would prove that Liu Dalang was lying, trying to cover up the fact that he had killed someone.

Unexpectedly, when we arrived at Liujiazhuang, before we found the monster's lair, a gust of monster wind suddenly came and swept Liu Dalang away.The two officials who were in charge of escorting him at that time were still seriously injured, and they only felt that someone gave them a strong whip to save the prisoner.The county magistrate was immediately furious, thinking that there were no monsters or ghosts in this world at all. It was Liu Dalang who lied in order to get rid of crimes. As long as he could get someone to take him back to Liujiazhuang, someone would rescue him.

Because he didn't know who the accomplice who rescued Liu Dalang was, the county magistrate suspected all relatives of the Liu family.Several people were arrested.Liu Dalang's old mother was afraid that she would offend her relatives severely, so in order to save others, she quickly sold the family's land and exchanged money for money.Although Liu's relatives have now proved their innocence and come out of prison, after this incident, their vitality is also severely damaged.Several families have sold their fields and planned to move away from Jingyang.As for Liu Dalang whose whereabouts are unknown, who would care?The only old lady who still cared about him also died of illness a few days ago because she couldn't bear the complaints from her relatives and the gossip from the people around her.

The case was finally concluded with the conclusion of Liu Dalang's murder.It's just that the victim's family is not satisfied, and the Jingyang county magistrate is not satisfied either.

The family members of the victims were dissatisfied because they could not see the murderer's death, nor did they recover the dead bodies of their loved ones.The magistrate of Jingyang County was dissatisfied because he was about to expire and be promoted, but a case with no beginning and no end came out under his term.

He was afraid that the news would affect his promotion, so no one was allowed to discuss it.The relatives of the Liu family were afraid that the news would spread and let outsiders know that there might be a monster that can eat people in their village, which would affect the selling price of the land, so they kept silent.But this case is so appalling, and there are various elements of mystery and horror, it has long been spread in the county.Many people used this as a topic of conversation after dinner, and some people went to Liujiazhuang specially to see the monster snake. It is said that there are indeed some strange traces there. Up to now, livestock have disappeared from time to time. According to legend, they were eaten by monsters. It caused idle people to discuss more and more.

And those foreign buyers who didn't know the inside story thought they could buy cheap Guanzhong good land, and hurriedly bought the land, but then heard the rumors from the people, regretted it, and couldn't find the original owner, so they had to change hands of the farm again. , and finally fell into the hands of Lin Guogong.

After Madam Lu finished talking about the rumors she had inquired, she came to a conclusion: "I don't know what monsters are not monsters, so if Liu Dalang really didn't kill anyone, why did he run away? His mother refused to show up after her death, which shows that he is not a good person." , the government did not wrong him! It’s just that there is such a weird rumor about Liu’s Zhuangzi, Lin Guogong probably doesn’t know about it at all, otherwise he can give Zhuangzi as a thank you gift to our little lady?”

Cui Nanny said with some dissatisfaction: "Even if Lin Guogong didn't know about it, since he wanted to give a gift, at least he would send someone over to have a look and see if the Zhuangzi is safe before giving it away. Now he is tantamount to cheating our little lady." Already!"

Li Lijun said with a dry smile: "It's not that serious. I don't intend to sell Zhuangzi. Even if the rumors will affect the price of Zhuangzi, it has nothing to do with me."

She felt a little guilty, because the missing fire-breathing snake in Liujiazhuang sounded very familiar.

Could it be the one she killed?
(End of this chapter)