This god is really evil

Chapter 143: Massacre in Qinghe County

After a bloody and horrific cult sacrifice last night, Qinghe County fell into a state of collective fear.

A lot of qi and blood have been sucked out of many people's bodies. With their qi and blood declining, and it being a cold winter, many people have fallen into the predicament of freezing and hunger and are in urgent need of medical treatment.

All the doctors in the city were recruited by the government, and medicinal materials were distributed. Dozens of large pots were set up at the gate of the Sitianjian government office, and they began to cook qi-replenishing and blood-benefiting soup.

Citizens in the city can drink a bowl of this qi-replenishing and blood-benefiting soup for free, but they must drink it on the spot and cannot take it away.

This Qi-replenishing and blood-benefiting soup usually uses precious medicinal materials, even several ginsengs are used. Ordinary people do not have the money to buy such expensive medicines.

After the evil cult's sacrifice last night, almost everyone suffered from loss of energy and blood. This Qi-replenishing and blood-benefiting soup is the best solution.

Especially some people who were originally penniless or even begging for food in the county town, could survive by drinking this qi-replenishing and blood-benefiting soup.

By this time everyone had gradually come to know that the officials of Qinghe County, including the county magistrate, had been captured by the evil spirit that had appeared last night. Now Qinghe County was under the control of Lord Li Yan, the supervisor of the Imperial Observatory.

The county government was also temporarily moved to the Sitianjian government office.

The Xuanzhengyuan Yamen, which had originally had some conflicts with the Imperial Observatory, became much quieter. Those ferocious extermination cavalry even took to the streets to help injured civilians and search for the remnants of the cult.

This morning, those ferocious detectives, led by Lingguan Chongyun and Ao Le, visited the homes of the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief clerk, county lieutenant, etc. one by one according to the rank of the county officials.

It is said that they want to check the stolen goods hidden by those evil cults in the homes of the chief officials and clear the names of the masters.

Everyone returned with a full load.

Including the county magistrate's house, except for the sister of Zhao Mengsheng, the head of the police, who was the county magistrate's second wife, all the rest were looted.

It is said that Zhao Mengsheng's sister was very excited and led her brothers to expose the secrets of several vixens in the county magistrate's family.

As for the Bushan Temple, it was the Supervisor of the Imperial Observatory, Lord Li Yan, who personally led a team to check it out.

All the monks in the temple have died, and the Bu Ran Temple has become a completely ownerless place.

In short, when Lord Li came back, he brought at least dozens of carts of things. It was said that they were the evil things hidden in the Unstained Temple by the Blood Spirit Cult, and they were taken back to be exorcised.

For a time, the treasury of the entire Qinghe County was full, and the injured and sick people were all helped. In addition to distributing medicine, the Sitianjian also opened a porridge stall to distribute porridge.

In the Sitianjian Yamen, there was an order from the Supervisor Li Yan, saying that because Qinghe County had suffered a series of evil disasters, the payment of the fire consumption donation for worshiping the gods would be suspended. Those who had already paid could be collected at the Sitianjian Yamen, and only one cent and five cents of actual donation would need to be kept.

The people cheered and even the negative emotions and influences from just experiencing the cult's sacrifice and witnessing the evil god quickly disappeared, and the haze in their hearts was swept away.

For a moment, the atmosphere in Qinghe County, especially in the county seat, was much more cheerful and relaxed than when all the officials were present.

Everyone praises this Lord Li, the Director of the Imperial Observatory, as a truly honest and upright ruler.

Li Yan was now temporarily taking over the government affairs of Qinghe County in accordance with the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty. He understood that this was not a long-term thing and that the court might send a new county magistrate in a couple of days. Therefore, he had no taboos in his actions and did whatever he felt comfortable with.

After going through all these things, he felt that his popularity had become more refined. Although the level had not increased, it was purer than before.

Obviously this is also related to the people's heartfelt love.

I just wonder how popular he will be when he becomes the emperor and a benevolent ruler? Can he find the so-called prison bell and smash it to pieces?

In addition, is this fame and popularity effective against those evil gods?

After being busy in the Sitianjian Yamen for a whole day, it was not until late at night that Qinghe County was completely stabilized and Li Yan could temporarily finish his work.

Including Zhao Mengsheng, a group of constables and yamen runners felt inexplicably happy working under Li Yan today.

On that day alone, they received more sincere thanks and praise from the people than they had received in many years.

However, once they thought that this situation was only temporary and that the imperial court might send someone to take charge of Qinghe County affairs at any time, everyone felt unbearable.

"Sir Li, it would be great if you could be the county magistrate..." Zhang Jun said with a sigh.

"That's hard to say! Our masters protected the people and stabilized their hearts. These hundreds of thousands of people were saved. Otherwise, no one knows how many people would have died from lack of blood and qi, not to mention those who might have gone completely crazy and become addicted." Chen Wei said sullenly at this time.

They had always felt guilty towards Li Yan, and now they were able to work for Li Yan again, and they were so happy that they couldn't express it in words. Zhao Mengsheng smiled and said:
"What nonsense are you talking about? All the officials in Qinghe County have been caught in one fell swoop. Where is the face of the court? They have to support our Lord Li as much as possible. With Lord Li's achievements, he should at least be a sixth-rank official in the county! Maybe even a fifth-rank official."

Everyone couldn't help but feel happy and were happy for Li Yan.

On the contrary, Wang Wenshu, who was standing aside, looked a little worried at this moment. He sighed and said:
"I just hope that the court can do something about it... I'm afraid that the prime minister's clique will not give up, or will use this blood spirit case to make a fuss. After all, there have been two major evil spirit cases in Qinghe County. What if that evil prime minister Yan Shiren says that there are too many evil spirits in Qinghe County and the evil spirits are too powerful, and he digs three feet deep in the ground to suppress the evil spirits? That would be disastrous. The Huzhou White Lotus case is a good example..."

Hearing this, everyone felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

They had heard about what happened in Huzhou before. It was said that the White Lotus Sect was causing great trouble. Several villages and towns were massacred by the imperial guards. More than 100,000 people died and the blood flowed like a river.

Zhao Qingshan grinned and shouted:
"Even if he is the Prime Minister, he has to be reasonable. Does he dare to massacre the city?"

Li Yan waved his hand and said:
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and making irresponsible remarks in the court. The emperor's original intention was good, but the execution was distorted. Everyone has been busy all day, so go and rest."

Everyone immediately bid farewell to Li Yan and went to rest.

After everyone left, Li Yan looked at himself and immediately saw a purple light covering him:
[Popularity among the People (Pure)] [The popularity among the people that a mortal body gains from being canonized by the dynasty, contains the power of righteous incense, currently at the seventh rank, and is extremely pure because of the people's sincere love]

Li Yan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

efficient!

It’s all worth it!
Although the grade has not been upgraded, its popularity has become much more refined, and its resistance to the Prison-Suppressing Bell should also have been greatly improved.

After doing all this, Li Yan returned to the bedroom, turned off the lights, and lay down on the bed.

After waiting for a while, he heard that the streets outside had become quiet and the entire Qinghe County had fallen asleep. He then jumped up and floated out of the supervisor's courtyard like a feather, and went along the roofs of the county town towards the outside of the city.

Now he has reached the great perfection of the visualization realm and can come and go freely in the Sitianjian.

Early this morning, when Yu Pianran left, she wrote the agreed location for tonight on his palm. Li Yan was going to meet Yu Pianran and to meet Gongsun Mou, the envoy of the Ten Thousand Gods Alliance and the chief priest of the Thousand Eyes Sect.

Li Yan floated along the way without anyone noticing his presence. He soon arrived at the restaurant in the north of the city. He went through the secret passage under the stove and arrived at the ruined temple outside the city.

The place where Yu Pianran and he agreed to meet was still this dilapidated temple.

Li Yan walked in with a weak step and staggered a little. He immediately saw Yu Pianran floating down and said to him with concern:

"Thank you for your help, Saint. Pianran knows that Saint experienced that dangerous scene last night and should rest. But Gongsun Mou is really urgent, so I have to deal with him tonight."

Thinking that the other party didn't know any martial arts or spells, and just ran over here alone in this cold winter night, Yu Pianran felt apologetic again.

Li Yan waved his hand and said:
"The Holy Church is a big deal, it won't get in the way, High Priest, let's go."

Yu Pianran nodded, stretched out her slender hand to grab Li Yan's arm, and let Li Yan put his arm around her waist. Inspiration surged, and she leaped up, floating up, taking Li Yan with her into the darkness and heading forward.

The two of them had experienced similar things several times and were quite familiar with it.

Along the way, Li Yan also took the opportunity to tell Yu Pianran the public version of everything that happened last night, which shocked Yu Pianran.

Soon, a small building decorated with lights appeared in front of us. It was an inn beside the road in the wilderness.

The post stations of Da Qi were originally an official system for transporting people and messages. However, after the emergence of sorcerers from the five major temples, the functions of these post stations were gradually lost, and eventually they became official inns in various places.

This post station is a transit station on the road leading to Qinghe County, but it was originally abandoned and dilapidated and had lost its original function. Now it is decorated with lights and is very beautiful.

Yu Pianran brought Li Yan like a big bird, quietly landing at the entrance of the post station, and said loudly:

"The Holy Son of the Yuhua Society and the High Priest come to see Gongsun the Lantern Envoy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the post station in front of him suddenly change, and an illusion came, it turned into a magnificent temple, the central door was wide open, fairy music was playing, and young girls were standing there holding flower baskets, throwing them casually, and actually spread a road of flower rain.

There were also several musicians playing various instruments and singing. The music was sad, gentle and particularly moving.

Then, at the end of the Flower Rain Road, in the center of the main hall of the temple, there was a beautiful long-haired man sitting cross-legged with his eyes like swords, looking at Li Yan and Yu Pianran, and said lightly:
"Come in and talk."

(End of this chapter)