This Liao Zhai is not right

"Miss, you are absolutely right."

Chang'e followed closely behind him, dressed as a maid, with a humble and submissive look, which made Su Su angry.

She is a real talent in acting, she plays the maid so well that it looks like a real one.

"Why don't I disguise myself as a maid and you be the lady?" Seeing that there was no one around, Su Su asked in a low voice.

The reason given by Chang'e was very simple: "How could a vixen like you be a maid for the young lady? You would have been made a concubine by the master long ago."

Such remarks made Su Su very angry.

But he couldn't do anything, so he had to hunker down and hurry on his way.

"Now that we have found the clues about the White Lotus Demon, all that's left is to verify Zong Zimei's situation. Where does he live in the west of the city?"

"We're here. It's the clan mansion in front."

Looking in the direction pointed by Chang'e, a courtyard came into view that was at least five or six times larger than the house that Mrs. Lin rented by the river.

However, the trees in the courtyard had grown branches and leaves all over the place, and no one had taken care of it for some time. The tung paint on the gate had peeled off and it looked a bit rotten.

Mr. Zong lives in Yangzhou and his expenses are quite high. It seems that he is spending more than he earns.

As the saying goes, people are despised when they leave their hometown. The Zong family was a noble family in Taiyuan, and their wealth was incalculable. When Mr. Zong left Taiyuan for some reason and lived in Yangzhou, he took a lot of money with him, and in the end he could not avoid falling into a difficult situation.

It seems that Mrs. Lin is very familiar with Mr. Zong's current situation, and she only dared to ask for a betrothal price of fifty taels of gold.

"Given the current dilapidated situation, I'm afraid Mr. Zong won't even be able to afford food after he pays the 50 taels of gold betrothal gift." Su Su calculated carefully.

My eyes fell into the courtyard, and through the hazy rain, I could vaguely see a short figure walking inside the house. The person was wearing a brown long coat inside and a short shirt with a front opening outside, a belt around his waist, and his hair was combed into two buns on the left and right.

Looking at her face, she is pretty and beautiful, with red lips and soft eyebrows and eyes. She does have some feminine features.

After taking a few glances at the figures in the room, Su Shu asked Chang'e, "Is that Zong Zimei?"

"Reporting to Miss, that person is undoubtedly Zong Zimei."

Chang'e is still in the play, pretending to be a maid perfectly.

Not wanting to pay attention to Chang'e's acting, he said, "Do you see any problem?"

"She has slender bones and a female figure, and her whole body is full of yin energy, a typical female appearance, but there is very obvious yang energy between her eyebrows. With such yin energy, she should be a woman, but she has spontaneous yang energy, as if her fate was changed since her mother's womb. It's really strange. Your heresy may not be groundless, there is really something wrong with Zong Zimei."

After thinking for a while, Chang'e came up with a way to find out the truth: "Zong Weng was childless in Taiyuan when he was young, and lived in Yangzhou until he was forty when he gave birth to his only son. Zong Zimei's name must be in the life and death book of the City God of Guangling Prefecture. We just need to check it out, and the truth will be revealed immediately."

Just as Su Su and Chang'e were talking in a low voice.

Zong Zimei in the house tiptoed out, glanced around, and seeing that no one was looking at him, he quickly walked to the west wall of the yard. With extremely skillful movements, he climbed over the wall in a few seconds and reached the yard of the neighbor to the west.

Immediately, a young woman of marriageable age with a bun on her head, a beautiful face and an elegant temperament came to meet Zong Zimei who was climbing over the wall. The two of them behaved very intimately, whispering to each other as if no one was around, and then stumbled into the house entangled.

The lightning and fire of heaven and earth are so strong that if no one stops them, they will surely succeed in getting what they want, so they sleep together.

Su Su was stunned.

"A brat who is less than 14 years old is so outrageous that he dares to climb over the wall and run to the neighbor's house to steal jade and perfume in broad daylight."

The extent of the situation was far beyond her expectations.

On the contrary, Chang'e was indifferent. After seeing the girl of marriageable age and Zong Zimei entangled in the house, she dragged Su Fu away and said, "Let's go. That Xishan fox is so shameless that she dared to seduce someone in broad daylight."

Xishan Fox?

On this trip out of Guobei County, I either encountered ghosts or fox demons along the way. Now, even if I enter Yangzhou City, I can't escape the scene of fox demons seducing people.

For a moment, Su Su really didn't know what to say.

I could only give an awkward yet polite smile.

Chapter 46 Stop, you can’t fight like this!

As we left Zong Weng's residence, the atmosphere became increasingly awkward.

No one expected that Zong Zimei would actually climb over the wall and have sex with the neighbor to the west right under their noses.

And judging from Zong Zimei's proficiency in climbing over the wall, he probably has a previous record.

The speed of Liao Zhai is so terrifying.

The two were walking in the city. The morning drizzle was getting heavier. Before noon, the sky and the earth were as dark as night. There were fewer and fewer people on the road, and each household gradually lit up their lights.

It was pouring rain, and the oil-paper umbrella in Su Su's hand was obviously unable to withstand the ravages of such a rainstorm, so he had to find a place to shelter temporarily.

"This is the action of the City God of Guangling Prefecture. He is really being pushed into a corner."

Glancing sideways at the dark clouds, a figure shrouded in a faint divine light occasionally shuttled through them like a meteor.

Thick clouds blocked the sunlight, creating an environment for the wandering gods to appear day and night and capture the White Lotus Demon in Yangzhou City.

And it’s not just the day and night parades.

I saw many ghost messengers in black clothes appearing on the streets of the city shrouded in heavy rain. With gusts of cold wind blowing, the lights in many people's houses swayed from side to side, and then the flames turned dim and green, as if ghost fire was floating.

The ghost messenger in black clothes shuttled between the houses, startling the babies in their cradles to cry. Even without paying close attention, one could feel that the whole street was cold and creepy.

"Miss, look at them."

Chang'e looked at the black-robed ghost officials who violently broke into the houses of the people in the city to search for the White Lotus Demon, and said to Su Fu, "The gods patrol day and night, and the ghost officials lead the way to investigate. They are so majestic. Look at us, we can only let it go, and we don't know when it will end."

Although both are city gods, the City God of Guangling Prefecture can fight to the death with a grand battle array and the White Lotus demon who instigated refugees to rebel, while Su Su can only fan the flames behind the scenes and watch the fight from afar.

A clear distinction between superior and inferior.

"There are less than 200 households in Guobei County, while the population of Yangzhou, where the capital of Guangling Prefecture is located, is nearly 400,000. I wonder how many years of incense and prayer power the recipients receive every day. Shouldn't the resulting divine power be used to support these ghost messengers and wandering gods?" Su Su said with resentment.

Compared with Guobei County, where ghosts frequently wreaked havoc and harmed people, the situation in Yangzhou, where there were many wandering gods and ghost messengers patrolling day and night, was much better. Even if there were demons and ghosts roaming the streets, they were not so unscrupulous as to kill people in the streets, creating a horrifying scene of bones exposed in the wild.

Overall, the separation of yin and yang is maintained, and the underworld and the world of the living do not interfere with each other.

However, this stagnant situation was broken the moment the ghost of the demon who died last night was captured by the Night Wandering God and brought to the City God Temple in Guangling Prefecture.

As she was talking, Su Su suddenly stopped talking. She noticed that a figure with divine light emanating from it stopped for a long time in the dark clouds, and seemed to be looking at this side.

"I'm being targeted." Su Su said in his heart.

It was pouring rain, and there was no trace of pedestrians on the road. Every household lit candles, but there was a pair of extremely beautiful young ladies and their maidservant who stood calmly under the eaves to avoid the rain, without a trace of panic in their eyes.

It is normal to be noticed by patrolling day and night guards.

A gust of cold wind rushed towards her through the rain, ruffling the hem of Su Su's colorful skirt.

"This rich lady is very pretty, and even her maidservant is pretty."

The gloomy wind dissipated, and a ghost messenger wearing a white robe, with a pale face and bulging eyes, suddenly stood in front of Su Shu and Chang'e, and conspired loudly: "Ignore the hard work assigned by the City God for now, I will show up and scare her, and then find an opportunity to take advantage of her."

"..."

Su Su never thought that he would be accidentally injured by the ghost messenger under the City God of Guangling Prefecture while standing under the eaves on the roadside to avoid the rain.

You are courting death!

Hard.

The fist suddenly hardened.

"Where were you on the night of February 17th? Did you have any contact with unidentified persons?" The ghost messenger in black clothes appeared, with a long blood-red tongue hanging in front of his chest, and shouted at Su Su.

If an ordinary woman saw the sudden appearance of the ghost messenger in black clothes with such a terrifying face, she would most likely be frightened and terrified.

By then, if you use coercion and intimidation again, it will be easy to take advantage. If you scare them even more, it will not be impossible to go further.

Su Su looked at the ghost in front of her. If it weren't for the day and night wandering gods watching her in the dark clouds, she would have taken out the soul-beating ruler and hit him directly.

After a moment of silence, a plan came to mind.

"I heard everything you just said."

The black-robed ghost had his eyes wide open like bells. He hesitated when he saw Su Fu's fearless expression and asked, "I didn't show up just now, how could you hear me talking?"

"Because I was born with the ability to see ghosts, I have been able to see ghosts since I was a child." Su Su said nonsense in a serious manner.

Looking up and down at Su Su and Chang'e, who was dressed as a maid, he saw that there was nothing magical about them. It was obvious that they were not fake monks with great Taoist skills.

The black-robed ghost believed Su Su's words that he was born with the ability to see ghosts. Seeing that there was no one around, the shame of being looked down upon by a woman lingered in his heart, and he immediately flew into a rage: "Since you can see ghosts, you can naturally see the white lotus demon causing harm to people. I will capture you and interrogate you thoroughly, and I will definitely gain something."

"Well, after your dirty deeds were exposed, instead of repenting, you became even worse. Aren't you afraid that I will go to the City God Temple to file a complaint against you?" Su Su pretended to be angry.

The ghost messenger in black clothes had a grim smile on his face, and he didn't care at all about Su Su's threat to go to the City God of Guangling Prefecture to file a complaint.

"The City God has an unfathomable power and has never cared much about the secular world. Now that the White Lotus Demon is about to cause chaos, he has no time to care about other things. Young lady, you'd better obey me obediently."

"No."

Su Su shook his head repeatedly and pointed to the sky: "Someone is watching here."

"what?"

The ghost in black clothes was suddenly panicked and looked up at the dark clouds above his head.

A faint divine light emanating from his body descended from the sky, dressed as a jailer, with disheveled hair, and holding a very long wooden sign with the words "Ri Xun" written on it.

As soon as he landed, he smashed the wooden sign in his hand at the ghost messenger in black clothes on the head, knocking him to the ground. His illusory figure trembled constantly, as if it would disappear at any moment.

Then he bowed to Su Su and said, "I am the Sun Wandering God under the command of the City God of Guangling Prefecture. I have been ordered to inspect Yangzhou and arrest the White Lotus Demon who sneaked into the city. May I ask what the fairy has done for you in Yangzhou?"

Compared to the ghost messenger in black clothes who was unable to recognize the real person, although Su Fu did not have any divine light in the eyes of the Sun God, the divine power hidden in her body could not be faked. It was easy for him to guess that the pretty woman in front of him must be a righteous god.

The divine body is so condensed that it is almost indistinguishable from a physical body. Its status is probably far higher than that of the City God of Guangling Prefecture.

The misunderstanding reappeared.

On this day, the wandering god actually mistook Su Fu's real body for a divine body condensed to the extreme.

"I'm passing through Yangzhou and will stay for three to five days."

Su Fu casually answered, "Catch the White Lotus Demon who sneaked into the city? On my way to Yangzhou, I saw the leader of the White Lotus Demon gathering thousands of people outside the city, planning to attack the city soon. How could the City God of Guangling Prefecture not notice anything?"

stop!

Don't keep making trouble in the city, or a fight will not break out.

If you want to fight, go outside the city. There are more White Lotus monsters there. Beat them hard!

Chapter 47 Planning

The Sun-roaming God under the command of the City God of Guangling Prefecture was so frightened that he dared not stay for a moment. He grabbed the black-robed ghost who was almost scared to death and rushed to the City God Temple of Guangling Prefecture to report the news that the White Lotus Demon outside the city had bewitched thousands of people and was about to launch an attack.

"You are so bad!"

Back at the Hongqiao residence, Heng'e looked at Su Su with surprise, "As if the chaos in the city wasn't big enough, you're bringing up the mess outside the city. Aren't you afraid that the White Lotus demon outside the city will turn the fake drama into reality and attack the city soon?"

Put down the oil-paper umbrella in your hand and hang it under the eaves to dry in the shade.

Then he walked into the side room and lay lazily on the bed, not wanting to move.

"I'm hoping that the White Lotus demon outside the city will turn the fake play into reality. You also heard what the ghost said, 'The City God is unpredictable and has never cared much about the secular world.' It sounds like he is just a piece of mud that can't be supported. No wonder the unexpected raid last night caused such a stir in the city. If the mess outside the city is not exposed, it may take thousands of people bewitched by the White Lotus demon to capture several counties before He can react." Su Su commented.

From the dirty deeds that the black-robed ghost messenger had loudly conspired earlier, as well as the reaction of the wandering gods the following day, it is not difficult to see that the City God of Guangling Prefecture is not very responsible.

It is only by relying on the massive amount of incense and prayer power provided by the people of Yangzhou that the wandering gods and ghosts divide the yin and yang in the city day and night, maintaining a peaceful and stagnant situation.

He is not much higher than Li Dingyuan, the former City God of Guobei County.

While she was thinking, if the White Lotus demon outside the city actually launched an attack on the city, she would find an opportunity to dethrone the City God of Guangling Prefecture, and take another step before sneaking into the underworld to seize the throne of Yama, and try to see if she could replace the position of the City God.

While it is important to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to repair the damage to the inner elixir, having the position of City God will at least give you more confidence in facing the Black Mountain Lord.

Sitting sideways on the bed, Chang'e lowered her eyes to admire the slender figure lying lazily, and said thoughtfully: "So that's how it is. I thought you would arrest the ghost of the prefect in Yangzhou City and ask him to come forward to help the refugees, and then get away and return to Guobei County when the Guangling City God and the White Lotus Demon were fighting each other. "

"That was my original plan, but when I saw that the City God of Guangling Prefecture was so useless, and that he had enough support from Yangzhou City for one day to support the support of Guobei County for many years, yet he was controlled by others everywhere, I wanted to smash his clay statue." Su Su said with interest.

After a ghost becomes a god, the body condensed by divine power is mostly attached to the consecrated statue in the temple. Only in this way can it appear in broad daylight and show its holiness in front of people. If the clay statue of the ghost is smashed, the body condensed for a long time will be gone. Before the ghost condenses a new body, it is no different from an ordinary ghost.

At that time, she can do whatever she wants with it.

Seeing Su Su's arrogant words, Chang'e turned over and sat on her lap, lowering her head and said, "You smashed the clay statue of the City God of Guangling Prefecture, and then you sat on it? This is not a poor and remote place like Guobei County. The position of the City God of a prefecture changes. Whether it is the City God of Yingtian Prefecture, which is only separated from Yangzhou by a river, Mingling Wang, or Yama in the underworld, they will personally inquire about the examination. If you are unlucky, you may even run into Guan Sheng in person to supervise."

Of course Su Su knew about this. When Wen, the judge of the City God Temple in Guobei County, introduced the City God system to her, he mentioned the process of replacing the City God of the prefecture.

"I don't plan to stay in Yangzhou for long. If the City God of Guangling Prefecture is really no match for the White Lotus Monster, then I will have to serve him. It would be great if I could take some incense and prayer power as a reward."

Su Su spoke the truth. Thinking that Chang'e might have something important to tell him, he was too lazy to resist and let her sit on his lap.

"It is feasible to take advantage of every opportunity and leave before King Mingling and Yama Luo in the underworld come to question us."