I become a god in another world

Chapter 500 The Two Meet
Chapter 500
"We have already met with Mr. Xie from Dijing. What's the problem with Zhu Guangling coming to see us?" Zhao Fusheng saw Mr. Xie nodded in "acknowledgement", then turned to look at Liu Yequan with a smile, raised his eyebrows and asked him.

"Thank you, thank you, sir?" Liu Yequan hesitated.

Mr. Xie looked to be about thirty years old, with regular features and a sweet smile.

From the outside, he looked like a gentle, elegant, handsome scholar, without any of the suffocating evil aura of a ghost rider.

But people should not be judged by their appearance.

He had previously been able to circle around the lobby of Ding'an Building with a bell in one hand and a human-skin ghost in the other, without dying. This showed that he was a very capable person.

"You don't look that old—"

Liu Yequan smiled and said something in a flattering manner.

Mr. Xie smiled and said:
"You don't look like one, so I'm not—"

His words choked Liu Yequan's remaining words in his throat, and he dared not speak again for a while.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"That's it."

Her eyes were firm and her tone unquestionable.

Liu Yequan had a bitter face and seemed to want to say something but stopped. Finally, he covered his face with his hands and sighed, and did not argue anymore.

Just then, a waiter came down the stairs and said:
"The room is ready."

Shopkeeper Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

"The house is very crowded right now, so I may have to ask you to stay here for one night. I will make arrangements tomorrow..."

Seeing Zhao Fusheng nodded in agreement, Liu Yequan pulled the corners of his mouth, trying to smile, but the moment he smiled, the wound caused by Fan Bisi's beating was moved, and he gasped in pain.

He waved his hand to signal the waiters to lead Zhao Fusheng and others upstairs.

After the Demon Suppression Division's group of people went upstairs one after another, Shopkeeper Liu, who was kneeling on the ground with all his might, finally let out a long-held groan and weakly cursed:

"You blind butchers, why don't you help your boss get up? Ouch - my teeth seem to be loose, go to the cellar and get some ice to put on my face -"

The other guys agreed reluctantly.

……

Ding'an Tower in Shangyang County is not small, with a total of six floors (including the cellar).

The building is in the shape of a Chinese character "U". The guest rooms are located around it, while the middle is completely hollowed out so that the lobby can reach the roof directly.

The top floor is covered with transparent glazed tiles. If it is daytime, the sunlight will shine through the tiles and the whole building will be very bright.

The staircase is located in the middle of the lobby and goes up slowly.

When the Demon Suppression Division's group went upstairs, they could sense that the building was full of people. The noise they made caused many people to secretly look outside through the crack in the door, but due to the authority of the Demon Suppression Division's ghost handlers, no one dared to make a noise.

Although Zhao Fusheng and others arrived late, Liu Yequan was worried that the noise upstairs would affect the ghost riders' rest and cause more trouble, so he cleared out the two upper floors and ordered the residents to move down, freeing up a total of seven rooms on the two floors for everyone to rest.

There were quite a few people in the Lu family, so for Chen Duozi's sake, they took two rooms first, and the remaining five rooms were divided among everyone else.

Zhao Fusheng, Meng Po and Kuai Manzhou lived in one house, so there were only four rooms left.

Zhang Chuanshi covered his nose:
"I don't want to live with Big Fan and Little Fan. Little Fan's feet stink."

Liu Yizhen, Wu Shaochun and others also nodded.

When Fan Wujiu saw that everyone despised him, he was not angry at all, but rather felt a little proud:
"Then I'll room with my brother."

Ding Datong, Tao Lifang and Hu Rong also wanted to occupy one room, so there were only two rooms left.

Wu Shaochun, Liu Yizhen and Li Dongping shared a room, leaving one room. Mr. Xie pointed at Zhang Chuanshi and said,

"Then I will live in the same room with Xiao Zhang."

Zhang Chuanshi immediately became alert.

This Mr. Xie really didn't treat himself as an outsider. They clearly met on the way. Even though he was suspected to be a visitor of the Xie family in Dijing, he was not polite at all when he ordered him around.

Sometimes I asked him to support me, sometimes I asked him to pour me water.

This person's facial features are all messed up, his teeth are falling out, and his eyebrows are flying. At first glance, he is a troublesome and difficult person.

Zhang Chuanshi regrets:
"I'll live with Shaochun. Yizhen is young and strong. Let him serve you."

Liu Yizhen was almost pissed off by him:
"Master Zhang, do you still have any shame?"

"Hehe——" Zhang Chuanshi was about to speak with a joking smile, but Zhao Fusheng said, "Stop making trouble. Old Zhang and Mr. Xie will live in the same room."

Zhang Chuanshi became anxious.

But before he could say anything, Zhao Fusheng said:

"You still have important things to do tomorrow. Go to bed early and get some rest."

Zhang Chuanshi had some understanding of her character. He saw that she had made up her mind and that if he continued to make trouble, he would suffer the consequences. So he could only say "yes" with tears in his eyes. At the end, he still muttered:
"Your Excellency is really partial."

Zhao Fusheng pretended not to hear his muttering and urged everyone to take their room cards and leave.

The three of them returned to the room, where hot water was already prepared. Meng Po unpacked her luggage and waited until Zhao Fusheng came out after washing up. She finally couldn't help but said:
"Sir, the situation in Shangyang County is complicated. After so many years, I guess the traces Yishu left behind have long disappeared."

She had encountered the human skin ghost and Zhu Guangling's ghost tonight, and she felt very uneasy. She looked at Zhao Fusheng worriedly:
"Sir, you are of noble status, and Wan'an County cannot do without you. Let's not get entangled in Shangyang County. Let's set off early tomorrow morning and leave early to go to the capital."

Meng Po's words showed her concern for Zhao Fusheng, she was afraid that something might happen to Zhao Fusheng.

"Are you worried?" Zhao Fusheng asked with a smile.

Po Meng nodded:

"I am worried." She sighed:
"I am an old man, and death is not a pity, but adults are different--"

"What's the difference?" Zhao Fusheng shook his head. "We are all ghost riders. We are all in danger of losing our lives every day. We are all risking our lives to ride ghosts."

Meng Po was silent.

Zhao Fusheng asked again:
"Shangyang County might be the place where Shen Yishu had an accident, and Sun Shaoyin might also have died here." She looked at the silent Meng Po and asked her:
"Now that we're all here, you've spent your entire life tracking down your daughter's whereabouts, are you willing to give up now?"

"I am unwilling to accept this." Meng Po shook her head, but she immediately smiled:

"I am old, but I am not confused." After saying this, he said seriously:
"How can the dead be compared to the living? Your life concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people in Wan'an County. I cannot trap you in Shangyang County just for my own selfish reasons."

"That's not called being sleepy." Zhao Fusheng replied with a smile:

"For ghost handlers like us who work in the Demon Suppression Department, it doesn't matter where we handle cases. We all have to solve ghost disasters and prevent more lives from being lost."

I am handling cases in Wan'an County, and I am also handling cases when I am away from home.

"If you want to talk about danger, there are dangers everywhere. If the ghost disaster in Shangyang County really gets out of control, no one will be safe when the nest is overturned." Zhao Fusheng said calmly:
"Even if I pretend to be deaf and dumb and take the opportunity to slip away, it would be fine if this mess is dealt with by someone else. But once it breaks out, it will definitely affect the Imperial Capital. If I hide when something happens and return to Wan'an County, how many peaceful days can I have in this world?"

She said:
"If everyone else dies, it will be my turn one day."

She said this half from the heart, and half to comfort Meng Po, who also understood the reason. The two talked and considered each other, and became closer to each other.

After a long silence, when Meng Po was about to speak again, the waiter from Ding'an Tower brought food and extra hot water, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Meng Po blinked her eyes, finally suppressed the distracting thoughts in her heart, and pulled Kuai Manzhou up:

"I'll go wash Manzhou, your Excellency can eat first."

Zhao Fusheng was not as good as Meng Po at taking care of children, and he knew that Meng Po must be in a complicated mood at the moment and would always have to find something to do to distract herself, so he nodded.

Everyone filled their stomachs and rested, and time passed slowly.

The houses in Ding'an Building are not very soundproof, and the coughing and walking sounds of the residents can be heard clearly.

The whispered complaints of Mrs. Chen from the Lu family next door mixed with the sound of rain reached everyone's ears.

The rain in Shangyang County gradually subsided until the second half of the night, and it slowly stopped at some point.

Zhao Fusheng thought that she would not sleep well that night as she was in a troubled city like Shangyang County, but for some reason, she slept very soundly without even a dream. She had no idea when Meng Po and Kuai Manzhou woke up.

She was suddenly awakened by someone grabbing her arm.

“My Lord, my Lord——”

Someone called her in her ear. Zhao Fusheng opened her eyes suddenly. It was already bright in the room and it seemed like it was getting late.

Kuai Manzhou knelt beside the bed, his little face facing her, his big eyes staring straight at her.

Meng Po stood hunched over by the bed, patted her arm with her hand, and when she saw she woke up, a loving smile appeared on her face:
"Sir, it's time to get up. Zhu Guangling is here."

"what?"

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he immediately turned over and sat up.

She wiped her face, and Meng Po considerately put the thick coat that she had prepared long ago on Zhao Fusheng's shoulders.

It was unknown how long Meng Po had been up, and she had done a lot of things.

The inside of Zhao Fusheng's jacket was hot, and the moment he put it on her shoulders, it dispelled the early spring chill, warming her face. She looked at Meng Po:

"You are so thoughtful. Thank you so much."

Meng Po smiled with her eyes narrowed:

"I'm used to it. I don't like to be idle. The adults are busy, and I am happy to do some chores."

After finishing speaking, he continued:

"But I think adults always rely on their youth to not take care of their bodies. They sometimes eat cold cakes, and if they don't like it, they just soak them in hot soup. Look at Mr. Xie, he's so young, but his teeth have fallen out. I'm afraid he's just like adults, and he liked to eat hard food when he was young."

Zhao Fusheng: “…”

"Also, the weather is cold, and Shangyang County has a lot of rain. If you don't keep your joints warm, you will have knee pain in the future. I made a pair of knee pads for you last night, so that you won't end up like Mr. Xie in the future..."

"Don't read it, don't read it——"

Zhao Fusheng quickly got up and fled.

Kuai Manzhou had no expression on his face, but a child's strange laughter could be heard in the room: "Hehe."

Since Meng Po said Zhu Guangling had arrived, Zhao Fusheng didn't want to delay any longer. He quickly washed up and stuffed two coarse grain buns into his mouth.

Meng Po chased after her and asked her to drink another bowl of vegetable soup, but Zhao Fusheng waved his hand to refuse.

When she walked out of the room, she saw Liu Yequan waiting not far from the stairs.

About half a step in front of Liu Yequan, there stood a man with a straight body.

The man was about forty years old, tall and thin, with neatly combed hair. He was wearing a red robe with black satin trim, which was worn by a general of the Demon Suppression Division. He had his hands folded in front of his abdomen, waiting quietly.

The moment Zhao Fusheng opened the door, the man heard the noise and raised his head, revealing a thin and resolute face - it was the 'water ghost' Zhu Guangling whom Zhao Fusheng had met last night.

"My Lord, have another bowl of soup..."

Meng Po chased out of the room, Zhao Fusheng looked at Zhu Guangling, and then stopped.

"Zhu Guangling?!" Zhao Fusheng suppressed the smile on his face and felt a little embarrassed for a moment, not knowing whether to spit out the steamed bun in his mouth or swallow it.

She had thought about the scenario of meeting Zhu Guangling, but she never expected that they would meet under such circumstances.

This Shangyang County silver general, who she did not have a good impression of, was not only willing to condescend to come and see her, but he was even tactful enough to stand at her door and wait for her to get up.

A strange thought flashed through Zhao Fusheng's mind: Is this silver general from Shangyang County too knowledgeable about rules and etiquette?
"Master Zhao, this——"

When Liu Yequan saw Zhao Fusheng, his eyes lit up. He bent down and took small steps forward. He was about to speak, but saw that Zhao Fusheng had his mouth full of steamed buns. He paused for a moment and turned to look at Zhu Guangling.

Zhu Guangling also appeared last night.

But his clothes and demeanor at this moment were completely different from when the evil ghost revived last night. It turned out that what Liu Yequan said about him not being dead was true.

As the two men met, the doors of other rooms in Ding'an Building opened one after another, and Liu Yizhen, Wu Shaochun, the Fan brothers, Ding Datong and Mr. Xie appeared one after another.

Zhao Fusheng took the soup bowl from Meng Po and swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth with the hot soup. Then he took the handkerchief held by Kuai Manzhou and wiped his mouth, then looked at Zhu Guangling:
"Zhu Guangling?"

She called Zhu Guangling by his name.

Ding Datong, Tao Lifang and others felt nervous.

Meng Po stood calmly beside Zhao Fusheng, and the others also looked at Zhu Guangling with vigilance.

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Guangling was not angry.

His cheeks were thin, his face was pale, and he was very thin, as if his skeleton was just supporting the relatively new robe on his body.

"I am." Zhu Guangling nodded stiffly:
"Manager Liu said you are Mr. Zhao from Xuzhou?"

"Correct."

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

After these two brief conversations with Zhu Guangling, she suddenly developed a great interest in Zhu Guangling.

Before meeting Zhu Guangling, the impression he left on her was that of a ruthless ghost rider who was responsible for countless deaths.

Zhao Fusheng felt that he might be on the verge of a ghost reviving. Under the influence of the ghost, he did things to the end and perhaps his consciousness was on the verge of collapse.

But after meeting him this time, she found that Zhu Guangling was not the same as she had imagined.

Before inviting him, Liu Yequan must have already clarified everyone's identities.

Facing the visitor from Xuzhou, he did not put on airs, but followed Zhao Fusheng's instructions and took the initiative to go to Ding'an Tower to meet her.

Meng Po did not call her to get up until Zhu Guangling arrived. Such an action should have been very rude to the Silver General of Shangyang County, but after the two met, he did not get angry or lose his temper.

From the outside, he looked very clean, completely unlike the gloomy look he had last night when he was dealing with everyone as a water ghost. His hair was combed meticulously and his back was straight.

Judging from his appearance and temperament, he looks more like a scholar than a ghost rider.