Chapter 23: Is the Village Chief a Demon?
After burning incense, the messy ancestral hall became brightly lit, but Zhao Si's body could be cleaned up, but the broken ancestral tablets could not be restored to order.
"Village Chief, Li Kui is here." The burly Erniu pulled Li Kui in. When he was in front of everyone, he snorted coldly and pushed hard, and Li Kui fell to the ground.
"Tell me, in front of this whole family of ancestors, in front of these old compatriots from the same village, tell everyone why you brought Wang Captou to the ancestral hall in the middle of the night. What do you mean?" At this time, Li Sanhuai had already been arrested.
The turmoil tonight is full of anger.
The ancestral hall of their ancestors was defiled, the imperial officials were murdered, and there were still no intact bodies. Could this be to destroy their Hehe Valley Village?
"Why don't you tell me quickly?" Seeing Li Kui still lowering his head to cover up, Li Sanhuai became even more angry. If he hadn't cared about the face of the villagers, he would have wanted to slap this unscrupulous descendant to death.
"Why don't you tell me quickly?" Li Changchun on the side also pretended to be angry and cursed.
Li Kui raised his head and glanced at his second uncle cautiously.
Seeing the indignant look on his face, he praised his second uncle wildly in his heart. He admired his acting skills, so he pretended to be calm and calm.
"It's the village chief. It was the village chief who asked his nephew to bring Wang Baotou in."
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of noise and even more astonishment. The elders and young people in the village were whispering to each other and looking at Li Sanhuai who was also stunned from time to time.
"You bastard." Erniu, who was waiting in front of Li Sanhuai, saw something was wrong and cursed angrily, then went up and kicked Li Kui down.
"The village chief fell asleep at three o'clock in the morning. Why did he ask you to bring people to the ancestral hall? It was obviously you, a scoundrel, who told Genzi that Mr. Wang kidnapped you and forced his way into the ancestral hall, asking you to tell the village chief to bring people to rescue you.
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"Have I ever coerced you?" Wang Hu, who was on the side, immediately became furious when he heard this.
"It's obviously you who came to the inn to call me at midnight, unless you idiot had notified your village chief before then?" Wang Hu said angrily.
"Or, this is a double act performed by your Hehe Valley Village. If it is true, you will not be able to get away with murdering an official of the imperial court."
"My lord, please calm down your anger..." Upon hearing this, Li Sanhuai hurriedly said, "Everyone has their own explanation for this matter, and there may be some hidden meaning in it. Didn't your lord just say that there are evil spirits causing trouble? When the common people call Li Ergen, ask him
Then you will know.”
"Hmph." Wang Hu snorted coldly and stopped talking. Seeing this, Xiao Zhan didn't interrupt. For a moment, the entire ancestral hall was as quiet as still water, with only the candlelight swaying gently, adding a sense of solemnity in the shadows.
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Soon, the root was passed in. Under the solemn gazes of all the villagers, the time and place of the request for help were made public in just a moment.
Everyone gasped after hearing this. Someone actually pretended to be village chief Li Sanhuai and Li Kui at about the same time.
"If what they two said is true, there must be demons causing trouble in this matter." Li Sanhuai also suppressed the fear in his heart and said to Wang Hu.
He never expected that the demon would turn into his appearance and kill officers and soldiers.
"I would also like to ask your Excellency to investigate clearly and bring justice to our Hehe Valley Village. In addition, I also hope that Your Excellency can quickly send people to the county seat to request reinforcements from the County Magistrate." When he said this, Li Sanhuai glanced at Xiao Zhan, who was silent on the side.
This person was silent before, but now he suddenly appears. I am afraid that the Yamen is also suspicious of Hehe Village. I don’t know if he is here for the purpose of offering sacrifices to the River God, or...
Thinking of this, Li Sanhuai looked at Li Changchun aside and said again.
"Where is Master Shen?"
"I've sent someone to invite you," Li Changchun replied, "It's just a matter of the moment, how should we deal with it?"
"How to deal with it?" Wang Hu heard this and said coldly.
"Since the monster dared to transform into the village chief and harm people, there must be an ulterior mystery. Although you have eliminated the suspicion of Village Chief Li through your words, before the matter is found out, Li Sanhuai is guilty and needs to be punished.
Under our supervision."
"Absurd." Li Changchun slammed the table and said loudly.
"Our Hehe River Village is a kind place. Now there are demons harming people. This is the responsibility of your court. The river god sacrifice is coming soon. If the village chief cannot come out to preside over it, if the good time is delayed and the demons harm people further, it will be the responsibility of the court.
How?" After saying that, Li Changchun coughed violently, looking weak and flushed.
"In that case, this matter will be settled tonight, but Village Chief Li must inform me beforehand when he acts." Seeing the sudden surge of public sentiment in the ancestral hall, Xiao Zhan spoke up.
"Wang Hu, let's go."
"Wait a minute..." At this time, Li Sanhuai suddenly said loudly.
"What else is there? Are you still trying to force me to wait?" Wang Hu said with cold eyes and brows, as if he would draw his sword after a disagreement.
"The common people dare not... I have offended many people for what happened just now. The common people will lead the villagers to accuse the adults." Li Sanhuai stood up and clasped his fists in apology.
"The grassroots want to say that since Mr. Wang thinks that Xiaomin is suspicious, I, Li Sanhuai, am willing to cooperate with you in handling the case. I also hope that the court can help my Hehe Village get rid of this demonic trouble."
"You don't need to tell me, I will do my best on this matter." Wang Hu said coldly, taking the first step to leave. Xiao Zhan, who was standing beside him, cupped his hands and fists at Li Sanhuai and followed closely.
After the two left, the ancestral hall suddenly became quiet. After Li Sanhuai glanced at Li Changchun, he turned his attention to Li Kui again.
"Li Kui, did you really see that demon transform into me and harm people?"
"Village Chief, Li Kui would never dare to lie. After Mr. Wang entered the hall, he was beaten out by the village chief in the form of a demon, and then he cut Mr. Zhao in half... The body was just carried
When it comes out, everyone can clearly see that this is definitely not caused by man."
"What can we do? What can we do? Third brother, you have to pay attention to it as soon as possible. Someone from the Yamen died in our clan's ancestral hall. Not to mention that this matter is unlucky. If we can't find out as soon as possible, the court will also decide
I won't let it go, not to mention, there are demons... The demons are making trouble, this... what should we do?" An old man with a gray beard said tremblingly with the support of a younger generation.
"Why are you panicking?" Li Changchun shouted.
"Second brother, I..." The old man hesitated to speak, and finally sighed, shaking his head and saying nothing.
"Second brother, don't be angry, and fifth brother, don't be anxious. You can make your own judgments about right and wrong. The court will not be indiscriminate. The most important thing right now is the demons causing trouble." Li Sanhuai said quickly, and then looked at Er Niu.
"Come on, come with me to find Daoist Master Shen. Such a big event has happened, but no one is there yet."
"What happened tonight is not allowed to be told outside, and there is no need to talk about the monster turning into a village chief... Li Kui, come with me." After Li Changchun finished speaking, he left the ancestral hall with some people, but sometimes,
Chapter completed!