Judgement

Chapter 180 Passing through the strange town

Chapter 180 Passing through the strange town

Among the three brothers of the Li family on the big boat, except for the eldest Li Long who could still see two and a half corpses, the other Li Bao and Li Biao were already dead and even their human figures were gone.The servants of the Li family were terrified by Chen Mengsheng's thunderous blow. As soon as Da Zui came up from the boat, he saw the tragic scene of the third master of the Li family burning in flames in the sail.Shouted: "The gods, please forgive me, the gods, please forgive me..."

Chen Mengsheng shouted: "Brothers of the Li family have done many injustices. If you want to resist for the Li family, come at me!" Who would dare to go forward for the Li family's slaves, but they ran to the stern to help them up. Yao Rengui and two little girls who were hungry and hard to walk.

Chen Mengsheng extinguished the fire on the boat with a blast of wind and thunder, and everyone docked the big boat by the river.Qi Ying had woken up at this time and was being taken care of by Shangguan Yanran. Xiang Xiaotian came over and took the Overlord's bow and said, "Brother, there are still many lives in the kitchen of the ship that were robbed by the youngest of the Li family. It is not easy to burn such a big hole and send their bodies back to their hometown. It would be better if I kill the slaves of the Li family and give an explanation to the murdered boatmen."

When the servants of the Li family heard what Xiang Xiaotian said, they knelt down and begged for mercy one after another.Chen Mengsheng said loudly: "Your capital crimes are exempt from living crimes, and after I have saved them, you will send them back to their hometowns upstream. All the assets of the Li family brothers will be compensated to the victim's family, you all heard clearly ?"

All the members of the Li family were grateful for Chen Mengsheng's kindness of not killing. Dazui took out the boxes of ill-gotten gains hidden by the Li brothers for many years from Li Biao's room, and distributed the banknotes at the feet of each victim. .More than 3000 taels of banknotes were handed over to Chen Mengsheng, and Chen Mengsheng gave all these banknotes to Miss Ewha.Turning around and reciting the rebirth mantra to the corpses on the boat, not only the unjust souls on the boat were rescued, but also the souls who died in vain in the Yangtze River were saved into reincarnation.The whole river is filled with the sound of ghost cries and gusts of wind, which can be heard endlessly.Among the servants of the Li family, who were greedy for the banknotes placed at the feet of the dead bodies, they were so scared that they peed on the spot, and they didn't dare to think anything wrong...

Shangguan Yanran saw that the two evil spirits who chased her yesterday were also taken away by Hei Wuchang with a full face of hostility. It was already twilight after Chen Mengsheng finished saving the wronged souls.With a sneer, he said to the slaves of the Li family: "Don't you hurry up and row the boat back to Yicheng? Do you want me to recruit the living soul of the dead to accompany you? People are doing what the sky is watching. I advise you to do more good deeds. Good and evil are judged by themselves." All the slaves nodded and knelt down in thanks.

Chen Mengsheng came in front of Lihua, and cast a nectar spell on Yao Rengui's leg to heal his leg injury, saying, "I don't know what the girl Lihua plans to do in the future?"

Seeing that the injury on Yao Rengui's knee had recovered as before, Lihua burst into tears of joy and said, "Thank you, master, for saving me. In the future, the little girl wants to find a place to live with brother Rengui and the two maids. Yicheng is no longer us. I can take shelter now. The little girl can only repay the great kindness of the master in the next life with a grass knot and a ring. The little girl bids farewell to the master and wishes the master a long and happy life.”

Yao Rengui has always been a person who is not very talkative, so he kowtowed three times to Chen Mengsheng, expressing his gratitude beyond words.Lihua led them just as they were about to disembark when Xiang Xiaotian stopped him. Xiang Xiaotian took out from his sleeve the two steamed buns that Dazui had given him in the morning and gave them to Xiaotong and Zhuzhu. The two little girls had been hungry for two days. Eat as soon as you pick up the steamed buns.Xiang Xiaotian looked sad for a while and said to Dazui: "Is there any more steamed buns? Go and get some more, they are all poor people."

"Yes, yes, I'll get them right now." Da Zui was really a kind-hearted person, and within a short while, he brought a large bag of dry food and water and handed them to Yao Rengui.Lihua bid farewell to Chen Mengsheng with tears in her eyes and left the boat. She looked at them and murmured: "Master, I am also a poor person. There are old and young in the family. I really don't know what to do with my livelihood in the future. "

Xiang Xiaotian asked Chen Mengsheng, "Brother, it's also thanks to his help this time. It wasn't him who threw himself into the river to report the news. We brothers don't know when we will see each other again."

Chen Mengsheng looked at it and said with a big smile: "Then what do you want to do? If I can help you, I will definitely not refuse."

"I...I... am just a cook, I know nothing but cooking." Dazui said in a low voice.

"Hehe, let's do it this way. You go to Huzhou Mansion to seek refuge at the Zuixian Restaurant. I think as long as you work hard to make ends meet, it shouldn't be a problem. Okay, let's go back. We are also disembarking here, junior sister, take good care of Miss Qi." ..." Xiang Xiaotian anxiously said: "Miss Xianglan just recovered from a serious illness, how can she go farther? Let me carry her on my back." He strode towards the shore, leaving behind Chen Mengsheng and Shangguan Yanran who looked at each other in astonishment...

Chen Mengsheng and his party walked for half an hour before they saw a place where there were people. A large stone tablet was engraved with the three vaguely large characters of Hulu Town.Qi Ying was on Xiang Xiaotian's back, afraid of being seen by outsiders, so she insisted on getting down and walking by herself, but Xiang Xiaotian couldn't hold her back, so she had to let Shangguan Yanran help Qi Ying into the town.There are a few places in the town where fishing nets are still sparsely drying, and relying on the river to eat and drink makes the town look very affluent.The red brick and tile houses outline the clear sky and clear water, which makes people forget the vulgarity, but Chen Mengsheng felt a kind of inexplicable strangeness as he walked, why is there no one in the streets and alleys?He opened his eyes and couldn't see anything strange. When he came to a big house, he knocked on the door a few times, but no one came out to open the door.I knocked on the doors of several houses in a row, but no one answered, and some even opened the doors but no one was seen.Shangguan Yanran frowned and said: "Brother, you see that the fertile fields we have come here are full of weeds. Could it be that the people here have moved away?"

Qi Ying sighed weakly: "How can people be willing to move such a good place?"

Chen Mengsheng jumped up high, pointed to the front and said: "Brother, the junior sisters are not far from here are Miss Lihua and the others. Let me go up and ask them if they have discovered anything?"

Lihua was also overjoyed to see Chen Mengsheng and his group, Xiaotong blurted out: "This town is so strange, people in the town hid in their houses as if they saw a ghost when they saw us."

Xiang Xiaotian said impatiently: "What kind of rule is this? Hulu Town is so unreasonable, brothers, let's leave Hulu Town as soon as possible."

Chen Mengsheng also felt that the town was weird and said: "Since the people in the town don't want to see us, then let's not bother them."

Yao Rengui, who had been taciturn all this time, suddenly waved his hands and said, "I have been to Calabash Town, and I know that the two ends of the town have been eroded by the river tide for thousands of years to become like a gourd. There are only waterways to walk around here."

Shangguan Yanran looked around the river and said: "There are no boats available here, are we trapped in Hulu Town alive?" The two half-grown girls heard Shangguan Yanran say this, and a trace of anxiety flashed in their eyes look.

Chen Mengsheng said with a smile: "You two little sisters don't have to worry, there are so many boats coming and going here, why don't you take a rest first, and it won't be too late to plan to leave after you have regained your energy."

Xiang Xiaotian deliberately interrupted and laughed loudly: "I said, you two little girls, do you know what the most delicious fish in the Yangtze River is?" Both Xiaotong and Zhuzhu looked at Xiang Xiaotian blankly, they He shook his head and said he didn't know.

Xiang Xiaotian proudly said: "The most delicious fish in the Yangtze River is puffer fish, but that thing is too poisonous, and it's too troublesome to assemble and you have to spend your life in it. But right now, it's shad. During the swim, if we are lucky, uncle will be able to treat you to eat extremely delicious shad meat in the evening, and the little girls will go catch fish with uncle."

Xiaotong has always been kind to Xiang Xiaotian who gave them steamed buns, and when he heard that he was going to take her to catch fish, she patted her little hands and followed Xiang Xiaotian away.After all, Zhuzhu was one year older, and asked suspiciously: "Uncle, you don't have a harpoon or a fishing net in your hand, how are you going to catch fish for us?"

"Haha, it's the fishermen who catch fish with harpoons and nets. Uncle, I'll use this big bow to catch fish. Brother, you used to be a fish seller, but you may not have eaten shad in the Yangtze River. ? Let’s spend the night here casually, and take the boat on the road tomorrow.”

Chen Mengsheng knew that Xiang Xiaotian was afraid that the two little girls would worry about being trapped here, so he took them to catch fish.The whole group followed Xiang Xiaotian to the river depression in the town with nothing to do, and Xiang Xiaotian picked up some small stones with Bawang Bow as expected.When he draws the bow and draws the string, he specializes in hitting a small fish with a sharp mouth that is as long as a finger. Xiang Xiaotian has always been worried about his miss in beating Jiangzhu in the Han Ling.It seems that it took a lot of hard work to hit things with stones. When the stones shot out without fail, the shad that was killed would be rolled up to the bank by Shangguan Yanran with a long whip.

It didn't take much effort, and the smooth bluestones on the shore were full of large and small fish.There are also seven or eight large grass carp weighing more than ten catties.Qi Ying originally wanted to help pick up the dead fish, but was persuaded by Xiang Xiaotian to sit aside.Xiang Xiaotian stretched out his hand to Chen Mengsheng and said: "Hehe, I borrow your magic ruler to make an envoy. My knife was left in Yicheng and I never brought it with me. Don't be stingy, boy. I will return it to you when it is used up." Chen Mengsheng smiled wryly. He took out the magic ruler from his pocket...

Xiang Xiaotian and the two little girls found a vacant house by the river when they could wash fish.Using the iron pot left in the house to cook a table full of fish, there is no doubt about Xiang Xiaotian's craftsmanship, and it is a feast for a large group of people.After everyone finished eating, Xiang Xiaotian served a bowl of thick milky white soup to Qi Ying.He faltered and said: "This is... this is the soup I made with half of the shad meat. You should drink it while it's hot, it's good for you to replenish your vitality..."

Qi Ying was so ashamed that she didn't know what to do, she didn't answer it in front of everyone.Shangguan Yanran grinned and said: "Sister Xianglan, look how much Brother Xiang loves you. Baba will save good things for you to eat alone. If you don't drink, then I will not be polite!" About to pick up the fish soup in Xiang Xiaotian's hand, Xiang Xiaotian hurriedly dodged in embarrassment, everyone in the room was amused by them and burst into laughter...

When night fell, many houses in Hulu Town were lit with lights.Chen Mengsheng wondered: "What's wrong with this town? There are no people in the daytime, but it is so brightly lit at night. It seems that there must be something strange..."