This Liao Zhai is not right

A traveling doctor, about forty years old, carrying a medicine box and leaning on a bamboo stick with a sign hanging on it that read "Cure Diseases and Save Lives", reached out his hand to stop Su Su.

"Doctor, you are stopping me. I don't know why." Su Su looked at the traveling doctor who was blocking his way with suspicion in his eyes.

Doctors these days can be roughly divided into two categories. One is the doctor who sits in drugstores and waits for patients to come for treatment. The other is the traveling doctor who walks through the streets carrying a medicine box and a sign, ringing a bell and shouting, like a vegetable seller.

Compared to the doctors who have pharmacies as their backers and can wait for patients to come for consultation, traveling doctors also have to take care of sales business. Whether they can cure the disease or not is another matter, selling the medicine is the real thing. Even if they can't cure the disease and kill people, they will just run away and find a job somewhere else.

Therefore, it is particularly important to rely on a pair of sharp eyes to distinguish which of the pedestrians are fat sheep and which are the ruffians who should not be provoked.

"The young master is ill."

Doctor You Fang bowed to Su Su, looking embarrassed, and asked in a very embarrassed manner: "Sir, do you often suffer from sore waist and legs, lack of energy, insomnia, frequent dreams, and frequent night sweats?"

With the sharp eyes of Doctor Youfang, he came up with this excuse just by seeing Chang'e dressed as a pretty maid behind Su Su.

Kidney deficiency, sometimes after overwork.

On one side is a young man from a wealthy family, and on the other side is a beautiful maid who serves him. It would be strange if they didn't have some health problems.

Su Su could hear the hidden meaning in Doctor Youfang's words, his face turned cold, and he retorted: "Doctor, you are wrong, I don't have these problems."

"Although you may be afraid of this, you must not be afraid of seeing a doctor. If the disease is in the skin, it is easy to treat. But if the disease has spread to the bone marrow, no medicine can cure it and it will be too late to regret."

There was something else behind Doctor Youfang's words. He reached out to grab Su Su's wrist so as to feel her pulse and confirm the diagnosis to increase credibility, but she dodged sideways.

With a few awkward laughs, Doctor Youfang took out a small celadon bottle from his medicine box, shook it a few times, and the pills inside made a sound. He placed it in front of Su Su and said, "This is a secret medicine passed down from my family. Take three pills with warm water before sex, and it will keep you strong and energetic."

"I was wondering why this traveling doctor was talking so mysteriously. It turns out he is a quack who sells little blue pills."

Looking at Chang'e's half-covered lips, Su Fu felt his scalp tingling: "How did you know that I needed this? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will smash your medicine box."

"Sir, please don't get angry. Even if the deal fails, we still have righteousness."

Seeing that Su Su was about to get angry, Doctor Youfang quickly put away his medicine box, turned around and left. As he walked, he turned back and said, "If you need my family's ancestral secret medicine in the future, you can come to the Heron River in the south of the city to find me. The price is negotiable..."

"You quack doctor, why don't you get out of here right now?" Su Su shouted coldly.

Chang'e, who was standing by, felt her shoulders tremble when she saw this and she could hardly hold back her laughter.

After a while, he put away the smile on his lips and said to Su Su, "The traveling doctor said that you are an embroidered pillow that looks good but is useless."

After the traveling doctor's intervention, the porter who was hurrying on his way had long disappeared.

"Something is wrong. This wandering doctor was probably sent to test our White Lotus sect members."

Su Su thought about it and soon realized that there was something wrong with Doctor Youfang's identity. He looked at Chang'e and teased her, "You were a maidservant of a rich lady in Yangzhou City in the morning, and a maidservant of a rich young man at night. You must have been noticed by the White Lotus Sect members disguised as porters. They are waiting to find out our backgrounds and take action."

"Young Master is very smart and I think everything is under control."

Chang'e looked at him calmly, as if waiting for Su Su's next words.

Closing the folding fan in his hand, Su Fu sighed, "On a dark and windy night, a rich lady who changed her hairpins into a hat sneaked out of the city with her maid to play. Isn't this clearly a fat sheep delivered to the door? Let's just wait to be kidnapped!"

Chapter 50 Everyone I Met Was an Acquaintance

You have to know that the members of the White Lotus Sect are not just good men and women.

Although they are generally referred to as the White Lotus Sect, there are probably hundreds of different sects within it. Of course, there are some that act decently and have a bottom line, but there are many more that steal, use sorcery to harm people, extort money, or simply engage in despicable activities such as human trafficking.

If you come across a fat sheep, it is not impossible to temporarily play the role of a robber and ask for a ransom.

However, according to Su Su's estimation, the most likely scenario at the moment is that he forces this so-called rich lady who has changed her hairpins and hats to sneak into the city openly and give a fatal backstab to the City God of Guangling Prefecture who is on guard.

Whirring whirring......

After the sky turned completely dark, a cold wind suddenly blew up on the river bank south of the city. The dark clouds that had dissipated earlier in the evening swept in again, mixed with dozens of figures emitting wisps of divine light.

Seeing this, Su Su knew that the City God of Guangling Prefecture was going to take action again.

They suffered a great loss during the day, as all the ghost soldiers and generals who left the city were struck by the thunder from the sky summoned by that damn protector Zhao, and the ones they sent out at night all turned into subordinate gods with divine light on their bodies.

The duty of the City God is to observe the good and evil of the people and to determine their fortune and misfortune, so that no one, living or dead, can escape unscathed.

Specifically, he monitors yin and yang, rewards good and punishes evil, and has under his command civil and military judges, two gods of day patrol and night patrol, as well as a group of yamen runners and ghost messengers, who are responsible for arresting ghosts, assisting in rewarding good and punishing evil, and summoning souls to execute people.

Of course, this is all in theory.

The City God of Guobei County, who has little worship, usually uses his divine power to drive civil and military judges and dozens of ghost runners who are not even considered ghost soldiers. However, the City God of Guangling Prefecture, which is in Yangzhou, a leading city in the south of the Yangtze River, who has a lot of worship, not only has the standard civil and military judges and the two gods of day and night patrol under his command, but also the god Gongcao who records the cause and effect of good and evil in the world of the living, as well as many assistants from various departments to assist the gods.

There is plenty of incense, so you can spend it lavishly.

"Sir, why don't you go and watch the battle between the City God of Guangling Prefecture and the White Lotus Demon from afar?"

Chang'e's acting skills are top-notch. Even when she is dressed as a maid, she will not do anything out of the ordinary. She just follows behind and talks in a low voice.

Understanding the meaning of Chang'e's words, he looked around and saw a white-haired old man holding some food in his hand and teasing a yellow-mouthed boy who had only a tuft of hair on the top of his head and the rest shaved off. But Su Su could feel that the old man was peeking at him.

as predicted.

The robber that Su Su had been talking about for a long time finally arrived.

"This old man looks somewhat familiar. I seem to have seen him somewhere before."

His thoughts wandering, recalling the face of the gray-haired old man, Su Su soon discovered that the old man was clearly Guo Laosi in disguise, who had performed magic tricks in front of the City God Temple in Guobei County, and the young boy being teased by him was none other than his disheveled son.

The robbers turned out to be a few White Lotus demons who conspired to escape to Yangzhou from Guobei County.

After identifying the identities of Guo Laosi and his son, Su Su continued to look around.

Before long, a short woman with a hunched back and a hunched body, carrying a backpack full of rags and clothes, who looked like a refugee, appeared in her sight.

Everyone I met was an acquaintance.

"After you succeed, you'll come back to Guobei County to cause trouble for me? Now you've run into my hands!"

As the saying goes: When enemies meet, they become jealous of each other.

Su Su was already worried about this group of White Lotus demons who were always trying to attack Guobei County before he even reached Yangzhou.

Now they saw that the robbers who came to kidnap them were actually them, and it was a good opportunity to settle all the new and old grudges together.

Pretending to be clueless, he continued to take Chang'e for a stroll outside the city.

The area ahead became increasingly secluded, and when there was a break in the traffic, Guo Laosi and his sons decided to take action.

The little boy was irritated by the constant teasing of the white-haired old man. He pushed and snatched the food from the old man's hand, then turned around and ran away, his target was the rich young man who was strolling on the road with his beautiful maid.

"Young Master... be careful..."

The short woman with a hunched back shouted at Su Su as a warning, her voice full of kindness.

However, there was an eerie chill emanating from the backpack she was carrying. Maggots crawled out of the corpse's eye sockets as it peeled off the rags covering it. Its figure, like a ghost, entangled with Su Fu's shadow, which was reflected on the ground by the lights in the distance.

Chang'e's acting skills were obviously better. She pretended to be frightened and screamed, her legs trembling, and she could hardly stand: "Ah... Miss, run away quickly, there are bad guys targeting us!"

"Who... who are you? What do you want?"

With Chang'e as an example, Su Fu naturally would not be outdone. She pretended to be frightened and took steps backward, almost falling to the ground.

Its body was rotten and full of maggots, and its white bones were visible as a corpse insect crawled out from the shadow.

Su Shu and Chang'e screamed together, saying in horror: "White...White Lotus Monster, you are the White Lotus Monster that the City God wants to catch."

"Hahahahahaha..."

The porter who had disappeared before appeared from the darkness with a big laugh, looked back and forth at the shivering Su Su and Chang'e, and said, "You, the daughter of an official family, are so happy to be dressed as men and travel around with your maids. Don't you know that I have been eyeing you two in the city for a long time, but something unexpected happened on the way and I had to give up. I never thought that you two would come to my door at night."

"So it's you, the porter wearing a straw raincoat in the city this morning."

Su Su's voice trembled.

"Yes, it's me!"

The porter strode forward and continued, "Old Fourth Guo, Old Lady Yan, why don't you quickly capture this official daughter and use her as an excuse to sneak into the City God Temple. While the City God of Guangling Prefecture is being held back by the guardian and has no time to take care of other things, destroy his statue and cut off his lineage?"

"Li Tiejiao, you know how to order us around. Who knows if this official lady has any consecrated items to ward off evil spirits? Now that we are about to start a rebellion, if the Yin spirit is damaged and something goes wrong, who will be responsible?"

Mother Yan stood aside with a gloomy look on her face, not moving forward.

The porter called Tiejiao Li looked at Guo Laosi again.

But before he could open his mouth, Su Fu, who looked submissive, said, "My father is the magistrate of Guangling Prefecture. As long as you don't have any bad intentions towards me, I... I am willing to take you into the City God's Palace."

Oops.

After hearing Su Su's words, the argument among the White Lotus demons immediately stopped.

Four people, eight eyes met.

Guo Laosi was the first to speak: "Mrs. Yan and I just came to Yangzhou from Jinhua a few days ago. We don't recognize these young ladies from official families. Tiejiao Li, you have been in Yangzhou for many years. Can you verify that what she said is true?"

"The daughters and families of officials live in the backyard and never show their faces in public. I have heard that there is a daughter waiting to be married in the family of the city magistrate. I wonder if it is the one in front of me."

Tiejiao Li was embarrassed. He usually pretended to be a porter and roamed around the city. How could he get in touch with the young men and women of the official families? In order to save face, he could only bite the bullet and say, "No matter whether she is real or fake, with our means, are we afraid of this delicate young lady of the official family and the maid who can't even stand steadily?"

Chapter 51 What a ruthless scheme

"My life depends on your thoughts, how dare you talk nonsense."

Su Su lowered his eyebrows and looked submissive, perfectly portraying the role of being submissive.

How come I, an honest man, am becoming more and more adept at acting?

If you think about it carefully, it must be that he was led astray by Chang'e, who is such an excellent actress.

As they were talking, a sudden chilly wind blew up from the riverside south of the city and grew stronger. Dark clouds gathered and there was a tendency for another heavy rain to fall.

"The City God of Guangling Prefecture has taken action. We must complete the mission assigned by Protector Zhao without delay. We must sneak into the city as soon as possible."

"Whether this mission will succeed depends on whether we can successfully destroy the statue of the City God of Guangling Prefecture."

Looking at the sudden change in the weather, Tiejiao Li said anxiously.

Guo Laosi and Yan Pozi exchanged a glance and responded in unison, "There are priorities. We dare not disobey the orders given by Protector Zhao. We must hurry into the city."

"Youngest, go inform the other brothers in the nearby sect, encourage the refugees, create momentum, and pretend to attack the city. We will enter the city through the secret passage and use this official lady to sneak into the City God's Palace."

Following Guo Laosi's instructions, the youngest child, who was dressed as a young boy, took the order and left.

About half a quarter of an hour later, hundreds of refugees suddenly emerged from the dense forest far away from the road, dragging branches and leaves on the road to raise dust, and then lit many torches, burning the night sky around the road red.

From afar, the blazing torches stretched out on the road like long snakes, raising dust into the air. Add to that the noisy shouts that occasionally came from the refugees, and it really looked like thousands of people without any military discipline were marching.

"Miss Guan, please go."

Tiejiao Li walked up to Su Su and said threateningly, "Take us to the City God Temple to ensure your safety. If you try to play tricks on me, you will not end well."

It sounds like after you succeed in breaking into Yangzhou city, the official lady I pretended to be would have no good ending.

Su Su was secretly complaining in his heart, but his face showed an expression as if he was scared to the point of crying.

And Chang'e's performance was even more exaggerated.

She was so scared that her whole body was shaking. She lowered her head and tried her best to hold back her faint sobs, but she didn't dare to make too much noise and attract the attention of the white lotus monsters around her.

Only when someone urged her did she follow Su Su tremblingly.

"Yangzhou is a city with high walls and deep moats. Even if Protector Zhao successfully eliminates the City God of Guangling Prefecture, how can he capture this strong city?"

"Protector Zhao knows his limits. We have far more than just a few thousand followers."

"That's good. During the day, Dharma Protector Zhao cast a spell and summoned thunder to strike down all the ghost soldiers and generals under the command of the City God of Guangling Prefecture. It was really refreshing."

"It is of course pleasant to work with the Dharma Protector, but I hate that evil monk, the National Master, who killed my leader and caused the brothers and sisters in the sect to be scattered like a pile of sand, otherwise the great cause would have been accomplished long ago."

"The emperor is obsessed with evil ways, evil monks are causing chaos in the government, refugees are everywhere and starving. We are just waiting for Maitreya to come to the world and hold the Longhua Dharma Assembly. Then all the sins of the world's sentient beings will be freed, and all of us brothers and sisters in the sect will achieve enlightenment."

Listening to the whispered conversations of this group of White Lotus demons, I was able to extract a lot of useful information.

"It is indeed similar to what I guessed. In addition to the talisman that can summon heavenly thunder, that damned Zhao Protector also has other items that can change the situation and allow his thousands of men to sweep across Yangzhou."

Being carried forward by a group of White Lotus monsters, they soon arrived at the foot of the city wall. The huge commotion created by the hundreds of refugees earlier had attracted the soldiers on the city wall to watch closely, not daring to slack off at all. This gave the group of White Lotus monsters an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Tiejiao Li stopped at a shanty next to the city wall, lifted the covering wooden boards, and a dry well covered with moss appeared before everyone's eyes.

"The secret passage is right here. The guardian used some tricks to connect the bottom of the well to the underground river in the city, which leads to an abandoned house in the west of the city. Fortunately, we were smart and dispersed our bases in the city to several streets around the abandoned house. Otherwise, we would have suffered heavy losses if we were attacked by the City God of Guangling Prefecture last night."

Apart from the almost complete lack of confidentiality awareness, the use of lurking tactics of breaking up the whole into small units and setting up multiple bases to conceal secret passages leading out of the city are also remarkable.

"No wonder the City God of Guangling Prefecture tormented the entire city for half a night last night, but only managed to kill two White Lotus monsters. It turns out that your secret passage is hidden here!"

"You don't intend to leave anyone alive by letting us see such a secret thing, do you?"

Su Su's voice was particularly eye-catching amid the silence at the foot of the city wall.