I become a god in another world

Chapter 504 Right and wrong
Chapter 504
"The more the child ghosts devour, the stronger the mother ghost's power will be."

Zhu Guangling's expression was solemn:

"Unlike ordinary evil spirits that kill people, the mother and child ghosts of human skin advance by devouring ghosts."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Fusheng:
"Sir, since Zang Xiongshan, all the Ghost Controlling Officers who came to Shangyang County to guard the county have been defeated by the Demon Suppression Department in these years."

Because the crisis in Shangyang County did not come from the outside world, but mainly came from within the Demon Suppression Division.

The ghost disasters in the Demon Suppression Department are extremely dangerous. What the ghost controller has to do is not to solve ghost cases, but to prevent himself from being swallowed by the human-skinned ghost mother.

"But when Zang Xiongshan was in control of Shangyang County, the evil spirits he controlled had already reached disaster level."

Each word Zhu Guangling said was more frightening than the last.

At that time, the evil spirits controlled by Zang Xiongshan had already reached a disaster level, which was almost the end of many ghost controllers.

Zang Xiongshan killed many people during his tenure. Zhu Guangling said:

"They are all used to kill people and skin them."

The peeled human skin is used to trap evil spirits.

He explained:
"It's like putting a coat on a ghost. When there are a lot of human fur coats, it will restrict the ghost's movements."

But human power is too weak in front of evil spirits.

These "human skin coats" did not trap the evil ghosts for a long time. After trapping the ghosts for a long time, these "human skin coats" turned into extremely evil things that accompanied the ghosts and became one of the methods used by the ghost mother to trap the ghost minions.

At the beginning, no one expected such an outcome.

After the evil ghost Zang Xiongshan was resurrected, Dijing sent new people to take up the post.

"The one who succeeded him is also a silver general who controls a disaster-level evil spirit." Zhu Guangling had foam coming out of the corners of his mouth because he talked too much.

He is a scholar.

As he read more and became more knowledgeable, decency, self-respect and self-love were almost ingrained into his bones.

But after controlling the ghosts, many things were no longer under his control. He would always carry a neatly folded handkerchief with him, and wipe the water flowing out of the corners of his mouth, ears, eyes and nostrils from time to time.

It should be uncomfortable for him to do such a thing in front of everyone - it is equivalent to exposing his embarrassing and unbearable side to the public.

But at this moment, he didn't care whether he was embarrassed or not. Instead, he wanted to tell Zhao Fusheng what he knew as quickly as possible and ask her for help.

He wiped his mouth with his handkerchief as he spoke.

But the towel absorbed too much water and couldn't wipe it clean enough.

He stopped talking halfway, turned around, wrung the water off the handkerchief into the porcelain basin Liu Yequan had prepared for him, and then wiped the corners of his mouth with the dry handkerchief:

"It is said that this silver general is very powerful and stable. The court was counting on him to rectify the chaos in Shangyang County and at least keep Shangyang County from being chaotic for five years."

Unfortunately, imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.

As soon as the silver general entered Shangyang County, he found that the threat did not come from outside, but from within.

After the evil ghost Zang Xiongshan resurrected, the ghosts he controlled remained in the Demon Suppression Division.

Every night, a large number of human skins would cry and scream. This government office, which was supposed to be a place for exorcising ghosts, turned out to be a haunted place.

"After Zang Xiongshan died, did the ghosts he controlled get out of control?"

Zhao Fusheng did not see any record of Zang Xiongshan's whereabouts in the county government files of Jin County, but now he learned about it through Zhu Guangling.

As soon as she asked this question, Zhu Guangling shook his head:
"No. Zang Xiongshan also made preparations before his death."

He said:
"Before he died, he found something from somewhere to restrain his evil spirit."

"what?"

Zhao Fusheng asked curiously.

Zhu Guangling shook his head:
"I don't know about this either, but the ghost mother was indeed subdued, and there was no unrest."

He changed the subject:
"It's just that the ghost mother can't move, but the devils can. The silver generals sent by the court survived for more than two years before being devoured by the devils."

After General Yin died, the evil spirit revived.

Just at the moment when the evil ghost revived, the ghost mother took off a special "human skin coat" and trapped the evil ghost in the ghost skin.

——This is the origin of the human-skin ghost that Zhao Fusheng dealt with last night.

In the following decades, a number of silver generals were sent here one after another, and were devoured by the human-skinned ghosts one by one.

"In the past forty years, the ghost mother has devoured countless ghost riders. Her power is stronger than before."

Zhu Guangling's expression was grim:
"When I took office, I also heard about the chaos in Shangyang County. I knew that this place was full of chaos and I thought it was the result of the misconduct of my predecessors."

When he said this, he pulled the corners of his mouth and revealed a self-deprecating smile:

"It's ridiculous that I didn't know what I could do. I thought I could restore peace to Shangyang County by myself."

Finally found out it was of no use at all.

This place was like a dilapidated dam that had been neglected for a long time. The flood was coming and he was helpless.

He resisted the invasion of evil spirits every night, but he couldn't hold on for three months.

"If I continue, there will be only two outcomes. One is that I will be devoured by the Ghost Mother and become one of its minions. The other is that I will suppress the Ghost Mother and restrain all of its minions."

Zhu Guangling looked at Zhao Fusheng and suddenly revealed a malicious smile:
"Sir, if it were you, what would you choose?"

Zhao Fusheng looked at him unexpectedly:
"You want me to defend you? You want me to understand your difficulties?" She asked several questions in succession, each one more pointed than the last:
"Master Zhu, do you want to hear me say: If you don't kill anyone and passively wait for the ghost mother to devour you, the evil ghost in human skin will still be out of control and walk around Shangyang County, where it will still kill people and the people in the 38 counties under Shangyang County will still die?"

"..."

Zhu Guangling looked embarrassed.

He lowered his head almost in panic, and covered his lips and nose with a handkerchief with his stiff, wet hands.

"Isn't it?" he asked in a buzzing voice.

"I have no choice—" he said, "If I don't think of a solution, I can't resist the human-skinned ghost and the people will die; if I take the initiative to choose, the people will also die, and I will become powerful, and I will protect the peace of Shangyang County for more than a year."

He defended himself:

"me--"

Halfway through his words, he saw the understanding, sympathy and disapproval in Zhao Fusheng's eyes, and the rest of the words were immediately stuck in his chest.

"It's already been done. What's the point of saying this?" Zhu Guangling sighed.
"It would be better if I didn't study. Wouldn't it be better if I didn't understand anything and didn't think about anything?"

No one could answer him.

"Master Zhu, I shouldn't have answered your hypothetical question," Zhao Fusheng shook his head and said:

"But the situation in Shangyang County is special, so I'll make some assumptions."

"Suppose I were assigned to Shangyang County, then I might first try to find a way to solve the ghost disaster in Shangyang County," she said.

As soon as Zhao Fusheng finished speaking, Zhu Guangling laughed:

“Everyone thinks this way when they first take office.”

Zhao Fusheng smiled:

"That too."

"What if it can't be solved?" Zhu Guangling asked.

Zhao Fusheng said:
"If it can't be solved, it can't be solved. I can only do my best and leave the rest to fate. As long as I have tried my best, I will have no regrets even if I die." Her words stunned the brothers Fan Bisi, Liu Yizhen and others in Wan'an County.

"But once you die, the ghost disaster is still out of control--" Zhu Guangling's eyes showed some disappointment.

"If it's out of control, it's out of control." Zhao Fusheng laughed again:

"I am a human, not a god. The court sent me here and overestimated my ability. If I did something wrong, it can only be attributed to the court's misjudgment."

"..." Liu Yizhen's mouth twitched, and he felt like laughing again.

"How can anyone do everything well and not guarantee that there won't be any mistakes?" Zhao Fusheng said disapprovingly:
"As long as I don't make any mistakes before I die and have a clear conscience, I can die with my eyes closed."

She is carefree:
"After I die, the imperial court will always send people to clean up the mess. You also said that this place is close to the imperial capital, and the Demon Suppression Department will not sit idly by. Why should I go to such lengths to prolong my own life with the lives of others?"

"But, but I promised Master Feng, as the ancients said, a word is as good as gold—"

Zhao Fusheng interrupted Zhu Guangling:
"You promised, not me."

She shook her head:
"In my opinion, everything has two sides. If you can keep your promise, who would want to be a treacherous villain?"

Zhu Guangling nodded.

Zhao Fusheng said again:
"But if things come to a head, why make a decision you'll regret just to keep your promise?"

Zhao Fusheng currently has no idea what kind of person Lord Feng from the Imperial Capital is.

But from her understanding, Lord Feng originally wanted Zhu Guangling to guard the county for two years, probably because he also hoped that Shangyang County would be peaceful and there would be no chaos.

"In order to maintain the stability of Shangyang County, you want to kill people to defend the city. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

Zhu Guangling stood there in a daze.

"But someone has to clean up the mess in Shangyang County—"

Zhu Guangling moved his fingers, as if he wanted to explain.

Zhao Fusheng said:

"No regrets after a move. Those who can clean up the mess won't regret it. Those who regret it obviously can't bear the consequences."

"I, I also have my sister-in-law and my clansmen—"

Zhao Fusheng shook his head:
"Master Zhu, if this is the case, isn't your choice very clear?"

He received great kindness from his family and had no way to repay them, so he risked his own life - there was nothing wrong with risking his own life, but he generously borrowed the lives of the people, and that was his problem.

"Now that the incident has happened, it is just a mouthful to pursue whether you are right or wrong. The most important thing is how to solve the problem and clean up the aftermath." Zhao Fusheng said honestly:
"Moreover, since you have summoned General Jin and are planning to end the situation with your own death, doesn't this just show that deep down in your heart you have already made your own judgment on this matter?"

She looked at Zhu Guangling:
"Since you have made your own judgment, why do you need to listen to my opinion now?"

She has made her stance clear: she does not agree with Zhu Guangling's choice.

Zhu Guangling's eyes dimmed quickly, and all the vitality in his body seemed to be cut off in an instant, like a stiff corpse.

After a while, he nodded woodenly:

"Your Excellency is right. Things have already been done. What's the point of bringing this up again?"

After saying this, dirty water began to flow out of his nasal cavity again, but he no longer used the handkerchief to wipe it. Instead, he reached out and wiped it away nonchalantly.

The foul-smelling dirty water soaked his carefully groomed beard into strands, but he had no intention of cleaning it up. Instead, he returned to the previous topic:
"After I upgraded the evil spirits I controlled, I could control the rain. Wherever the rain went, I could collect all the footprints and whereabouts of people."

He had a blank expression:
"At night, I patrolled Shangyang County. Ghosts have their own ghost domains. Wherever I pass, that is my ghost domain. It will force the minions of the human-skinned ghost to be unable to move."

"But something unexpected happened last night, and I was tripped by the ghost mother."

He stopped discussing whether his actions were right or wrong and instead mentioned the human-skin ghost mother herself.

When Zhao Fusheng heard this, he was startled and asked him quickly:

"Did the ghost mother undergo a mutation?"

"Yes."

Zhu Guangling nodded.

"Lord Zhao, do you know where Zang Xiongshan went in the end?" he asked.

Zang Xiongshan's whereabouts were unknown. Zhao Fusheng was very curious about his whereabouts. When she heard him ask this question, a strange guess came to her mind:

"Could it be that he was swallowed by the human-skinned ghost and became one of the ghost's minions?"

Zhu Guangling looked blank, but nodded:
"Your Excellency's guess is correct, but it's not a ghost but a ghost mother."

"..."

Everyone looked at each other. Zhu Guangling's words didn't seem strange at first, but they were somewhat beyond everyone's expectations.

Zang Xiongshan is a man who has committed many evil deeds.

The ghost disasters of Shen Yishu and Sun Shaoyin were all caused by him, and the Wu family was also trapped by him in a disguised way.

This man created the "right of primiture" during his time in Shangyang County, causing countless tragedies. How could such a man end up being devoured by the human-skinned ghost mother he controlled?
"That's not surprising—"

Wu Shaochun spoke first.

As soon as he spoke, he saw everyone's eyes on him, and he scratched his cheeks feeling a little weird and laughed dryly twice:

"When a ghost rider's evil spirit revives, isn't it always because of a disguised death at the hands of the evil spirit they are riding?"

“That was a good thing to say.”

Zhao Fusheng nodded:
"But Shaochun, you forgot one detail—"

It would have been better if she hadn't said this. After a slight reminder, Wu Shaochun realized his oversight.

"Your Excellency means that the human-skinned ghost mother only swallows evil spirits?"

"According to what Lord Zhu said before, it should be like this." Zhao Fusheng looked at Zhu Guangling while speaking.

The human-skin ghost mother is a ghost.

When an evil ghost kills people, it naturally does not discriminate whether the target is a human or a ghost. As long as it violates the law, it will kill indiscriminately.

The human-skin ghost mother certainly doesn't just devour evil spirits. Judging from what happened last night, the human-skin ghost should be devouring everything.

But if Zang Xiongshan was devoured by the controlled ghost because he could not suppress the human-skin ghost, it is not worth Zhu Guangling to single out for mentioning it.

Since he mentioned this, Zang Xiongshan’s death must be different from the general resurrection of evil spirits.

He nodded:
"Zang Xiongshan's evil spirit revived, but he did not die from the evil spirit's resurrection. Instead, he died before the human-skin evil spirit lost control, and then the evil spirit revived."

Zhao Fusheng paused, then murmured:
"That's really interesting—"

There is no room for two ghosts in one area.

Zang Xiongshan himself is a ghost tamer, and the ghosts he tames are above the disaster level.

Thinking of this, Zhao Fusheng's heart moved: Before Zang Xiongshan's death, was the human-skinned ghost he controlled only at catastrophic level?
After so many years, she can no longer confirm this issue.

But what is certain is that even if Zang Xiongshan's human-skinned ghost has not been promoted and still remains at the disaster-level grade, but under normal circumstances, it is enough to suppress the trend of Zang Xiongshan's ghost's revival.

But after Zang Xiongshan's death, not only did the evil ghost successfully resurrect, but he was also swallowed by the ghost mother as soon as he was resurrected. This is very interesting.

Ghosts won’t wait for new ghosts to be raised in their territory before devouring them—“Ghosts don’t have the intelligence to raise food in captivity.”

Zhao Fusheng made a humorous joke, which made Zhu Guangling look at her several times.