This Liao Zhai is not right

"What my husband said sounds very nice."

Heng'e pursed her lips and smiled softly in Su Fu's ear, "I can only take advantage of the opportunity when I am away from home to seduce and tease me with my words. I will teach you a lesson when I get home."

Not really.

I just said something simple, how did it become seducing you?

Faced with Chang'e's unreasonable remarks about punishing her, Su Su was in tears.

In order to avoid giving the other party an excuse, she simply kept her mouth shut and acted with caution.

I had been planning to find a place to kill time and have some fun, but now there's nothing I can do.

The only solution now is to search for the trace of Wutong God outside the city.

In the past, Zhao Hong stated that he ran a pawn shop business outside the city of Suzhou. After Wutongshen took over Wansheng's body and took Zhao Hong's family business into his pocket, it seems that we can find clues from this aspect.

Outside the city of Suzhou, there are small bridges and flowing water, white walls and black tiles, and magnificent gardens of wealthy families, as well as wild and sparsely populated areas close to the city.

As the night deepened, most of the places with a lot of noise and noise were places for pleasure, either noisy and smoky casinos, or red-light districts full of beautiful women. After wandering around the outskirts of Suzhou city for a while, it was not uncommon to find lewd sacrifices to the Wutong God hidden in secret places. However, among the lewd sacrifices to the Wutong God that Su Su had discovered, only a few were attached to the mountain ghost Mao God.

As for the Wutongshen who took over Wansheng's body and changed his name to Wansan, it was unknown whether he had escaped from Jinhua Prefecture to Suzhou. Su Su did not find any trace of him outside Suzhou City.

"There aren't many pawnshops outside Suzhou City. It's not difficult to find out which pawnshop was previously owned by Zhao Hong. We just have to wait until tomorrow morning when these pawnshops open for business."

The current business climate emphasizes that different trades are like different mountains, and credibility, connections and reputation are all essential. A successful business can often be passed down for several generations. Therefore, even if Wutongshen, who took over Zhao Hong's family business, no longer runs the pawnshop business, he can still find Wutongshen who took over Zhao Hong's family business by finding out the sign of the pawnshop that Zhao Hong used to run.

"The world is unpredictable."

When they reached Huangtian Lake, six miles outside Fengmen in the east of Suzhou City, and looked out at the lotus leaves all over the lake, Chang'e reached out and gently pulled Su Su's sleeve, saying, "Look over there."

Following the direction Chang'e pointed, I saw a lotus leaf as big as a mat floating out of the lake like a boat, surrounded by lush green lotus leaves. There was a lantern on the lotus leaf, illuminating a maid in green. In front of the maid was a beautiful young lady in a green crepe gown embroidered with cloud and phoenix patterns. On her wrist was a bracelet with fire beads woven with gold thread, inlaid with two bright pearls, shining brightly, even brighter than candlelight.

"Miss Xia, you instigated me to take you out of the palace. If the king finds out about this and blames me, I don't know how he will punish me." The green-clothed maid holding the lantern said reluctantly.

The woman called Xia Gu rolled her eyes and whispered, "My father is on a business trip abroad and may not come back for ten days or half a month. As long as you and I don't tell anyone about this, there's no way it will be leaked."

The two were still talking until the lotus leaves as big as mats floated to the shore. Then they noticed Su Su and Chang'e standing on the lakeshore and looking at them.

It was a dark night, and ordinary girls would not show their faces in public, not to mention the beauty of the two people in front of them. Even though Xia Gu thought she was quite pretty, she couldn't help feeling a little ashamed of herself.

"Who are you and why are you hiding on the shore and spying?"

Before Xia Gu could speak, the green-clad maid in front of her drew her sword with a vigilant look on her face and asked loudly.

Su Su raised his eyebrows, looked at the maid in green with a hostile look, and said calmly: "We have been standing on the shore for a long time, but you just emerged from the lake. No matter what, we shouldn't be hiding on the shore to spy on you, right?"

"Slick tongue."

The maid in green was protecting Xia Gu behind her, and the vigilant look in her eyes did not relax at all.

Behind her, Xia Gu showed the bracelet on her hand, which shone brightly and rippling like water. Suddenly, the lake water on the shore seemed to be boiling, weaving a net and covering Su Fu and Chang'e head-on: "Those who are hiding must be bad guys, let's capture them first."

Seeing that Xia Gu, who was protected by the green-clothed maid, took the initiative, Su Su looked at Chang'e helplessly, and then mobilized the power of Yang Shen and pointed casually.

Two long ropes suddenly emerged from the ground and tied up the green-clothed maid and Xia Gu tightly.

"You little brat attacked us without knowing right or wrong. You really need to be taught a lesson."

Su Su frowned slightly, and was about to step forward to teach the little girl named Xia Gu a lesson, but she was frightened and threatened with tears in her eyes: "My father is the Golden Dragon King. If you dare to be rude to me...if you dare to be rude to me...he will not let you off easily!"

Chapter 176 The handle

The Golden Dragon King, whose surname was Xie and whose given name was Xu, was a native of Beixiaonvli, Qiantang County, in the Southern Song Dynasty.

During his lifetime, he worked hard to organize resistance against the Yuan Dynasty, but the situation was already hopeless and there was nothing he could do to reverse the situation.

After the Yuan army entered Lin'an and the Song Dynasty fell, Xie Xu committed suicide by drowning and was buried at the foot of Jinlong Mountain.

When Xie Xu committed suicide, the water was surging and about ten feet high, which seemed like an angry river. Therefore, the description of Xie Xu "being loyal and indignant, with unfulfilled ambitions, so his body actually floated upstream" was circulated through the world. Later generations were deeply moved by his virtue, and built a statue of Xie Xu and a temple to worship him.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when Emperor Taizu swept across the world, Xie Xu appeared in Pengcheng, Jiangsu Province. He appeared in Emperor Taizu's dream and said, "I am Xie Xu, the minister appointed by God to be the River God. I will help the immortal to defeat the enemy."

In this battle, the water of the Yellow River flowed northward in Lulianghong and submerged the enemy army. Taizu returned with a great victory. To reward him for his merit, he conferred the title of Yellow River God on Xie Xu. Since then, successive dynasties have also conferred more titles on Xie Xu. Because Xie Xu was the fourth child in the family, he was posthumously named "Four Great Kings of the Golden Dragon".

To this day, the imperial court has posthumously conferred the title of "One of the Four Golden Dragon Kings Who Protect the Country and Save the World" on Xie Xu. In addition to his duties as the god of the Yellow River, he also serves as the god of the waterways along the canal.

It is considered a classic plot that one performs meritorious deeds during one's lifetime, is worshipped by the world, and then is granted a title of saintliness and becomes a god.

So strictly speaking, this Golden Dragon King has little to do with a real dragon.

From Jianghuai in the south to Tong County in Zhili in the north, all the important towns along the canal for more than 2,000 miles from north to south have built temples of the Four Golden Dragon Kings. The Dragon King of a mere area cannot be compared with the Yellow River God who controls almost half of the country's waterways.

But it was obvious that Su Su didn't know who the so-called Golden Dragon King was.

When he saw that Xia Gu was so scared that her eyes were blurry with tears, but she still dared to threaten her, he slapped her twice, causing her to twist her hips and cry bitterly: "You are so young and you don't learn your lesson. You dare to bully others here. Call your father out quickly. I want to see how he won't let me off easily."

Su Su heard it clearly before. It was obvious that Xia Gu took advantage of the absence of King Jinlong to instigate the green-clothed maid to take her out of the palace. Now she was threatening her with her father's name, which was really laughable.

As soon as these words came out, Xia Gu's tears were choked and she was so anxious that she could only stare blankly.

In desperation, she even began to wave the bracelet again, as if looking for help.

Su Su watched Xia Gu's little trick without doing anything. She was just about to see how capable the little girl in front of her was, but unexpectedly, the green-clothed maid who was also tied up tightly beside her hurriedly stopped Xia Gu's action: "Xia Gu, have you forgotten why you sneaked out of the palace? If this matter is exposed, the king will be furious."

Before the green-clad maid finished her words, Xia Gu was so frightened that she was at a loss what to do. How could she dare to do anything sneaky?

Oops.

Seeing the ambiguous conversation between the two, Su Su immediately realized that this Xia Gu did not just sneak out of the palace without telling King Golden Dragon, but seemed to have done something that could make King Golden Dragon furious.

Having grasped the opponent's handle, Su Fu seemed even more fearless.

"Go ahead." She stared at Xia Gu with a dangerous look.

"Say...what..."

Xia Gu opened her eyes wide and stammered.

"Of course it was you who sneaked out of the palace without telling your father."

As she spoke, the blazing fire in the red flower ornament between her eyebrows exuded a majestic and solemn aura, leaving Xia Gu no room for concealment of any of her thoughts and ideas, and she told him everything in detail.

Only then did Su Su realize that Xia Gu had instigated the green-clad maid to take her out of the palace in order to meet her lover in secret.

Xia Gu's lover is named Jin Wangsun, from Suzhou. He currently makes a living as a teacher in an official's family. Jin Wangsun and Xia Gu had been connected in their previous life. So after Xia Gu sneaked out of the palace and came to him, Jin Wangsun was bewitched by just one glance. The two of them slept together at the speed of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and spent a wonderful night together. From then on, Xia Gu would sneak out of the palace to meet Jin Wangsun whenever she found an opportunity. It has been nearly half a month now.

First, there was the fourteen-year-old brat Zong Zimei who climbed over the wall in broad daylight to run to his neighbor's house to steal jade and perfume. Then, there was Xia Gu, who looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, who sneaked out of the palace to meet her lover.

Su Su said that his three views had been greatly impacted.

"You, you, you...you actually used such a bewitching trick to steal my heart. This is unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable." Xia Gu kept yelling in a stern tone.

However, the maidservant in green at the side saw through the fleeting fire of karma in the red flower on Su Fu's forehead and said in a trembling voice: "Miss, you are ignorant. I did not mean to offend you. This matter was caused by me. Please punish me, Yama."

Su Su remained calm when the green-clothed maid asked for mercy.

"Punish? How to punish?"

His eyes swept over the green-clothed maid's face dripping with sweat, then looked at Xia Gu, who finally showed a look of fear, and said, "You don't want your secret meeting with your lover to be exposed, do you?"

As Su Su finished speaking, Xia Gu's face turned pale.

The maidservant in green was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "I beg you not to spread this matter. The king is of high status and the family rules are strict. If the young lady's reputation is damaged and the family is in jeopardy, she will have no choice but to die. The young lady and the son-in-law are destined to be together in another life, but the time has not come yet. I am willing to die to atone for my sins in exchange for the blessing of Yan Luo."

"Who said I was going to spread this?"

Su Su raised his eyebrows and looked at the green-dressed maid and Xia Gu in front of him: "You attacked us without any reason before, and now you just say you confessed your sins and repented and want to be forgiven. It's too easy. I heard that there are many Five-Power Gods causing trouble in Suzhou. Among them, there is one who took over other people's bodies and changed his name to Wan San, which is particularly harmful. Your family is very powerful in Suzhou. Go and capture him, and I may be able to bypass you if necessary."

"Very powerful?"

Seeing that Su Su seemed to have no idea who the Four Golden Dragon Kings were, Chang'e couldn't help laughing. She pulled her sleeve and whispered in her ear, "The Four Golden Dragon Kings are the gods of the Yellow River and are also gods of the canal. There are countless temples dedicated to the Four Golden Dragon Kings on both sides of the river that is more than 2,000 miles long from north to south. You, a foxy girl, are you really not afraid of getting your tongue bitten when you brag?"

The Four Golden Dragon Kings are the gods of the Yellow River who also serve as the gods of the canal. I am also the King of Hell who controls countless miles of land in the underworld!

Of course, Su Su did not retreat just because he learned that the Four Golden Dragon Kings were the gods of the Yellow River. Instead, he continued to look at the green-clothed maid and Xia Gu, who looked embarrassed, with a scrutinizing gaze.

The desperate maid in green, although she grasped a glimmer of hope from Su Su's words, said helplessly: "I am weak, and it is extremely difficult to kill the Five Gods on the spot, let alone capture them alive for Yan Luo."

As for Xia Gu, who knew very well that Wutong Shen often raped other people's wives and daughters, she didn't want to have any contact with Wutong Shen.

He grumbled timidly, "They are all slaves of my family. I have to capture them myself. Even just touching them with my hands is disgusting. Even all the water in the river cannot wash away such filth."

"So you don't want to ask for my forgiveness?"

Su Su stared at the embarrassed Xia Gu with a bad tone. She was now in a dilemma. Either she followed Su Su's words to capture the Wutong God who took over Wansheng's body, or she was extremely reluctant to let the four Golden Dragon Kings know about her secret meeting with her lover.

But Su Su had the evidence that could allow the Four Golden Dragon Kings to use the family law. After a long struggle, Xia Gu could only pinch her nose and submit: "My maidservant is insignificant and lacks the strength to capture such a filthy thing as the Five-Power God. I have to go south in person to deal with the Five-Power God."

Chapter 177: White Lotus Reappears

The ugly time is approaching.

Su Suzheng and Chang'e were standing in a pavilion on the bank of Huangtian Dang, where they were admiring lotus leaves and lotus flowers, while a maidservant in green was standing trembling beside them.

Huangtian Dang is famous for its lotus pond scenery. As a whole, it is wide in the southeast and narrow in the northwest. Because it is covered with lotus flowers, it is also called Lotus Pond. When the lotus flowers are in full bloom, people from Suzhou city flock to Huangtian Dang to watch the lotus and cool off.

It is not Qingming Festival yet, so it is obviously not the season for lotus flowers to bloom. However, watching the lush new lotus flowers filling the lake under the bright moonlight is quite a poetic experience.

When he let Xia Gu leave and went south in person to capture Wutong Shen, the other party promised to return in three to five hours at most. Su Su wandered around outside Suzhou city for most of the day but couldn't find any trace of Wutong Shen who had taken over Wansheng's body. However, Xia Gu, whose family had influence all along the Caoyun Canal, could easily find out where Wutong Shen was hiding.

All I can say is that it is easier to get things done when you have someone under you.

It had been less than two hours since Xia Gu set out to head south. Su Su had wanted to wait in the pavilion until Xia Gu captured Wutongshen and returned to Huangtian Dang. However, shortly after midnight, under the cover of the dense lotus leaves in Huangtian Dang Lake, a number of furtive figures rowed boats from all directions, gathered in one place in the lake, and then paddled their boats one after another and stopped on the shore, heading towards the pavilion where Su Su and his companions were.

"The lakeside is really lively tonight." Su Su glanced at the green-clothed maid with a little emotion.

Concealing his body, Su Su walked out of the pavilion before the group of sneaky figures approached him. He stood on the side of the road, looking with interest at the people who were gradually gathering in the pavilion.

Judging from their attire, most of these people were wearing coarse linen clothes, and there were few who were well-dressed. But looking at their faces, they all had rosy complexions, and it was obvious that they were not from poor families.

"It has been less than a month since the defeat of the rebellion of the sect's protector Zhao in Yangzhou. The henchmen of the evil monk in the court are arresting the sect's brothers and sisters in Jiangnan. We should have been hiding and avoiding the limelight. I don't know what important matter the altar master has, but he actually ordered us to come to the bank of Huangtian Dang to discuss matters."

In the pavilion, a middle-aged man dressed as a servant but fat and completely unaware of what others were saying couldn't help but speak out.

Good guy.

This group of people who gathered secretly in the middle of the night to discuss matters were actually members of the White Lotus Sect hiding in Suzhou.

Su Su's thoughts moved slightly, and he continued to patiently eavesdrop on the conversation of the White Lotus sect members outside the pavilion.

"How can I know the reason for this? Maybe you can ask Old Man Zhao. He has been hanging around Suzhou City for many years and is well-informed." The person who answered was a farmer with calloused hands. He was sitting on the ground holding a carrying pole, his body covered in mud.

Before the farmer finished speaking, a hoarse and deep female voice floated from outside the pavilion: "Yan Ada, you are covered in mud, you must have made some money, and it's time to pay back the money you owed for the night you spent with a prostitute in Huangjia Lane a few years ago."

"call out!"

All I heard was a whistling sound.

The farmer called Yan Ada suddenly swung the carrying pole in his hand. A cold light flashed and the sound of metal clashing was endless.

When he came to his senses and looked again, he saw that the shoulder pole in Yan Ada's hand was covered with sharp steel needles as thick as fingers, which penetrated into the wood and tore the shoulder pole apart, revealing the iron Luoyang shovel hidden inside the shoulder pole.

Throwing away the broken shoulder pole, Yan Ada used the Luoyang shovel in his hand to spread out a large amount of dust, intending to hide in the pavilion.

There was another louder howl.

Yan Ada, who had just taken a few steps, suddenly paused, and then he collapsed to the ground uncontrollably, his face changed drastically, and he said, "I only owe a dozen taels of silver. Madam Du, you are so cruel to kill me. I'll pay you back for the night's money."

He couldn't wait to take out a few pieces of silver from his waist and threw them into the dark night.

At this time, the brothel owner Du, who was about 40 years old, with wrinkles at the corners of her eyes that could not be concealed even with heavy makeup, but still looked somewhat charming, took the few pieces of silver thrown by Yan Ada and walked into the pavilion swaying her waist and hips.

"Something big happened in the city in the evening. The altar master couldn't get away for a while, so he asked me to tell you that the deadline for the meeting has been changed to three days later at the Wang Family Dyeing Factory in the west of the city."

Madam Du frowned and glanced at everyone in the pavilion one by one.

"A black dragon appeared in the sky above Suzhou City in the evening, but we couldn't see it clearly with our naked eyes. What on earth is going on?"

"More than just a black dragon showing up, I saw it with my own eyes grabbing a human head and disappearing into the clouds. But according to rumors, no one in the city has lost their head. This is really bizarre."

"Let's not talk about these irrelevant things for now. What exactly did the altar master summon us for?"

After Madam Du spoke, everyone in the pavilion started talking at once, each with their own opinion.

Seeing that the people in the pavilion were talking more and more fearlessly, Madam Du scolded them repeatedly: "If you think your life is too long, then make more noise. It would be better to call the ghost messengers who patrol at night."

Seeing Madam Du's cold tone, everyone in the pavilion hurriedly stopped talking.

"Of course the altar master has called for an important matter to discuss. From what I heard, it should be related to the selection of the leader."

"Ever since the evil monk Pu Du Ci Hang killed the leader and took his head north to gain the trust of the dog emperor, the followers of the sects in various places have been like a pile of scattered sand, unable to accomplish anything great. Recently, the followers of the sect in the north have sent news that the leader of the Wen Xiang Dao, Xu Hongru, has obtained a wordless heavenly book, which records the means of commanding ghosts and gods. People from several provinces in northern Zhili, central Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi have rushed to join him. Hundreds of followers have been taught magic by Xu Hongru. He seems to be integrating the followers of several provinces in the north, and his prestige is unparalleled for the time being."

You could hear a pin drop in the pavilion, and only the low and hoarse voice of Madam Du remained: "I also heard that Xu Hongru has a magic mirror that can tell the past and the future. It is hung in the main hall of the Wenxiang Dao altar. All the followers who pass by the magic mirror are either wearing a futou or a gauze hat, or wearing embroidered clothes with Diao Chan, which is indescribably expensive. And when Xu Hongru looks at himself in the mirror, he is wearing a crown and a dragon robe, just like the founding emperor of the new dynasty."