Chapter 445: It’s hard to be a good person
The next morning.
In the bedroom.
Mao Xiaofang, who had dark eyes, blew out the big lantern, tightened the demon-catching bag, and stood up with a gentle tap on his lower back.
After interrogating for a whole night, but still finding nothing, he became more certain that there was something fishy about the matter, and he even had some vague guesses in his heart...
"Dong dong dong."
"Dong dong dong."
While thinking, a rapid knock on the door suddenly sounded, followed by Xiao Hai's anxious voice: "Master, Master ,you Come out and have a look."
Mao Xiaofang's eyelids twitched and he quickly stood up and opened the door. As soon as he walked into the yard, he saw more than a dozen villagers standing together, both men and women, old and young. An anxious look on his face.
"Master Mao."
"Master Mao..."
After seeing him come out, everyone immediately swarmed around him.
Mao Xiaofang has become accustomed to this kind of scene, and said calmly: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, just say it alone, what happened again?"
"Master Mao, we want to ask "Are the ghosts you caught last night still there?" an old man stared at Mao Xiaofang and asked with a complicated expression.
“Of course it’s still there.” Mao Xiaofang said: “Is there any problem?”
"If those ghosts are still there, it means that Master Lei's ghost-calling spell was not used thoroughly and all the ghosts were not summoned. As a result, the ghosts committed crimes in the middle of the night and took away our family. If those ghosts are not there, Master Mao, next You don’t need me to say more, right?” the old man said.
Mao Xiaofang's heart thumped, and he hurriedly rushed back to his room, only to find that the table was empty, and the monster-catching bag placed there had disappeared at some point.
Cold sweat broke out, and at this moment Mao Xiaofang suddenly realized: he had seriously underestimated the intensity of this fight, and seriously underestimated the cruelty of this fight.
The opponent's methods are one move after another, and even the timing is just right, giving him no chance to breathe at all.
Now that the demon catching bag is gone, it happened that another ghost disaster broke out last night. What’s more serious is that Lei Gang insisted on destroying the evil ghosts last night, and it was he who “saved” these ghosts.
So, what should he explain to these folks now?
"What's wrong, junior brother?" At this time, Lei Gang was helped over by Lei Xiu and asked with concern.
Mao Xiaofang shook his head, took a deep breath, turned around and saw Qin Yao, and immediately strode over: "Director Qin, I need your help."
Qin Yao nodded. Said: "Master Mao, please tell me, as long as I can do it "It's time to say it."
"Just now, while we were talking, the monster bag I left in the room disappeared." Mao Xiaofang said in a low voice: "Can Taoist Master Qin figure it out?" Who did it? ”
Qin Yao suddenly understood and subconsciously raised his eyes in the direction of Lei Gang: "It's useless, Master Mao, I don't have enough prestige in Gantian Town. Even if I figure out who did it, if I can't provide definite evidence, Others won't believe it. But the problem is that metaphysics is the most difficult thing to verify."
Mao Xiaofang's eyes dimmed and he fell silent.
"What's the matter, Master Mao?" the old man asked loudly in the courtyard.
Mao Xiaofang steeled himself and slowly came to the crowd: "To be honest, everyone, the monster catching bag was stolen just now. I guarantee with my life that the ghosts last night were definitely not from the monster catching bag. That group, because I didn’t sleep all night, have been interrogating them.”
The crowd suddenly became silent, and everyone’s eyes were different.
At this moment, no one broke out, not even a voice of doubt. It was purely because Mao Xiaofang's previous prestige was still there.
If they didn’t have this prestige, these people would have started making trouble long ago.
"Master Mao, we want to believe you. The most important thing is that those missing people can come back." After a long time, the old man whispered.
Mao Xiaofang understood what he meant, took a breath silently, and promised: "I will do my best to find those villagers who were taken away by the ghosts."
"How many days?" In the crowd, a man suddenly asked.
Mao Xiaofang's expression froze and he said: "Three days, we will give you a result in three days!"
Not long after, after finally persuading these victims to leave, everyone in Fuxi Hall stood in the courtyard, speechless for a long time. .
"Junior brother, you are responsible for this."
After a long time, Lei Gang said softly: "Just think about it, how could those people still return after being taken away by ghosts for so long? Intact? What if all you recovered was the body? Those people who have lost their loved ones will never let you go, not even Fu Xitang!"
"I know it well." Mao Xiaofang nodded and looked up at Qin Yao: "Taoist Master Qin. , please come with me.”
"Okay." Qin Yao responded, followed him silently, and strode out of Fuxi Hall.
Lei Gang watched the two people leave with his "mind's eye", a few waves flashed in his blind eyes...
Soon, in the yellowing green mountains, Mao Xiaofang walked straight forward slowly: "Qin Dao Commander, I suspect that this is all the fault of Master...Lei Gang."
Qin Yao: "It's obvious, if you don't fall down, how can he stand up in Fuxi Hall?"
Mao Xiaofang pursed his lips, paused, and looked deeply towards Qin Yao Bow: "Please, Master Qin, save me!"
Just like he was forced into a dilemma by Lei Gang in the original work, although the plot has undergone earth-shaking changes now, the result is no different.
He seems to be in a dead end now, unable to break out, and can only place his hope on outsiders!
Looking down at Mao Xiaofang who was bowing and saluting, Qin Yao felt a trace of unbearability in his heart, but then he became cruel again.
If he just needed Mao Xiaofang to worship the mountain, then he had reached this level earlier.
If he wanted Mao Xiaofang's admiration and gratitude, then now is the time.
But the problem is, he wants much more than that.
He wants Mao Xiaofang to return to his heart and wants the other party to surrender!
Tiandao Sect is a subordinate organization of Maoshan, Fuxitang is not.
As long as Mao Xiaofang is still the master of Fuxi Hall for a day and does not regard himself as the Tiandao sect, he cannot be considered as a loyal person, let alone surrender!
It's still a little bit hot now. If he softens his heart at this time, Fu Xitang, headed by Mao Xiaofang, may be grateful to him for a long time in the future, but he will not be able to let him be driven, let alone be given important responsibilities.
Thinking of this, Qin Yao held Mao Xiaofang's elbows with both hands and said warmly: "We are a family, there is no need to be so open to outsiders.
I will go to Huangquan now and borrow the Yin and Yang Scroll from Meng Po to read it. , find the missing villagers
You don’t have to worry too much, if the ghost wants to kill people, it won’t happen at all. Taking people away, I guess they are probably looking for a body for themselves to walk in the world.
Or, they were instructed by someone to hide the villagers as hostages. "
“I think so too.” Mao Xiaofang said: “Then I’ll leave it to you, Taoist Qin.”
Qin Yao nodded and said: "But there is one thing. I will be back in three days if I am tired. Before I come back, you can only support yourself."
Mao Xiaofang took a deep breath, Said: "The worst thing is to buy a little more time from the villagers..."
"It's not that simple. Shan, it will be difficult to carry it in the next few days, you must be careful."
Qin Yao waved his hand and said: "Master Mao, without further delay, I will not go back to Fuxi Hall and go directly to Huangquan. "
Mao Xiaofang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Taoist Master Qin."
Qin Yao smiled slightly and fled away in an instant...
"Junior brother, why are you back by yourself? Where is Taoist Master Qin?"
Half an hour later, Mao Xiaofang was alone. When he entered the Taoist temple, Lei Gang stood up immediately in the pavilion.
"I asked Taoist Master Qin to help me with something. It will take two days for him to come back." Mao Xiaofang said.
Lei Gang's heart trembled, and he suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
In his opinion, Mao Xiaofang is still the same as he was more than ten years ago, and the two apprentices he took in are like useless materials.
In terms of threats, looking at the entire Fuxi Hall, only the mysterious Taoist Qin made him unable to figure it out...
'No, the nights are long and the dreams are many, we must do it before the other party comes back. , beat Mao Xiaofang into dust and expel Fuxi Hall! ’ As his thoughts turned, Lei Gang muttered secretly in his heart.
So, something happened again in the evening of the next day. I saw a short man with a skinny build and short cheeks and beard, rushing into Fuxi Hall and shouting: "Master Mao, Master Mao..."
In the lobby, Mao Xiaofang stepped out and asked, "Dachun, what happened again?"
Since Lei Gang came back, strange things happened frequently in the past two days, which made him a little exhausted mentally and physically.
"Master Mao, something happened in Mojiazhuang this time!" Dachun said with a frightened face: "It's terrible, it's terrible..."
Mao Xiaofang's heart skipped a beat and he was busy Said: "Take me through now Go and talk while walking."
After the two left quickly, Lei Gang took Lei Xiu out of the room and asked calmly: "Are you all ready?"
"Are you all ready? Okay, dad." Lei Xiu said.
Lei Gang smiled silently: "Shan, let's go there now."
Not long after.
Mojiazhuang.
In the lobby.
Song Zilong and Zhou Yuan were investigating the situation. When they saw Mao Xiaofang, they greeted him immediately and said, "Master Mao."
Mao Xiaofang nodded and was about to speak when he suddenly caught a glimpse of six human-shaped stone sculptures in the hall: "What are these?"
"Six members of the Mo family were found missing this morning, and in the main hall Suddenly there are six more humanoid sculptures. We suspect that some evil cultivator has turned the six Mo family members into stone sculptures, so we asked Dachun to go to Fuxi Hall and invite you to come and take a look." Song Zilong said. Mao Xiaofang came to the stone sculpture, stretched out his hand to feel the stone sculpture, nodded and said: "They are indeed human beings."
Hearing this, everyone present changed their expressions.
After all, guessing is one thing, but truly confirming is another.
"Captain Song, let someone set up a cordon. I'll cast a spell to see if I can help them lift their petrification." Mao Xiaofang said.
Song Zilong nodded and immediately ordered Zhou Yuan to make arrangements.
Mao Xiaofang breathed a sigh of relief, rolled up his sleeves, came to a little boy, sat cross-legged on the ground, made a dharma seal with his hands, and gently pushed on the child's back.
In the blink of an eye, bursts of green light emitted from the stone sculpture, and green smoke rose from the top.
The onlookers’ eyes widened in surprise.
at the same time.
A wasteland outside the town.
Lei Gang stood expressionlessly in front of a altar, tied the chopsticks used by Mao Xiaofang with yellow talismans to a scarecrow with Mao Xiaofang's three characters written on the back, and immediately inserted the chopsticks into the incense burner. In the mud, I picked up the brush, dipped it in the dirty blood, and put a stroke on the scarecrow's eyebrows.
Inside Mojiazhuang.
As Mao Xiaofang continued to exercise, the boy's head gradually returned to normal, and cheers suddenly rang out from the crowd of onlookers.
Mao Xiaofang did not dare to be careless, and used all the magic power in his body to continue to lift the petrified state of the child.
Suddenly, something no one expected happened...
But Mao Xiaofang's body twitched violently, his palms shifted slightly uncontrollably, and the boy The green light in his body seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, flowing along Mao Xiaofang's arms and quickly instilling it into his body.
Mao Xiaofang's expression changed slightly, but at this critical moment, he did not dare to be distracted, let alone stop, otherwise he would not be able to imagine what would happen to the child in front of him.
After a long time, the child was lifted from the petrified state and fell to the ground with a look of horror on his face.
Mao Xiaofang sat cross-legged and continued to exercise his skills, sealing all the curses in his little finger with great difficulty. As a result, the whole little finger instantly turned dark green.
"Master Mao, are you okay?"
Song Zilong motioned to Zhou Yuan to take the child away and looked at Mao Xiaofang with concern.
Mao Xiaofang shook his head, stood up and came to the second child: "I'm fine, don't worry about me..."
In a blink of an eye, as the child was unblocked, Mao Xiaofang's left hand The ring finger also turned dark green. But he just raised his little finger and ring finger, said nothing, and continued to lift the child from petrification...
The two children cursed two of his fingers, but the curse on the adults was stronger. After rescuing the two old men, his entire left hand turned dark green, and he had to use his right hand to continue rescuing the last middle-aged pair. couple.
Nearly an hour later, all six people were unblocked, but the corresponding price was—both of Mao Xiaofang’s palms turned dark green!
"Master Mao, are you okay?" Seeing Mao Xiaofang sweating profusely, Song Zilong quickly leaned over and tried to help him up.
“Don’t touch me!” Mao Xiaofang shouted.
Song Zilong was stunned, his palms frozen in place.
"Junior brother, are you okay here?"
At this time, Lei Xiu supported Lei Gang, who slowly came to Mojiazhuang with a rabbit in his hand.
"Senior brother." Mao Xiaofang's pupils shrank and said, "Why are you here?"
"I heard about what happened in Mojiazhuang, and I thought you were here, so I didn't come here. , but went to track down the mastermind and finally hunted down this cursed rabbit." Lei Gang raised the rabbit in his hand and said loudly.
Mao Xiaofang’s expression changed.
He had already suffered a loss once, and he would be really stupid if he couldn't see clearly Lei Gang's face and methods again.
The key point at this time is: since the rabbit as the "source of the curse" was killed, and my hands happened to be infected with this curse, how should I explain if petrification occurs again in the town in the future? ?
Even saying...how will the villagers view themselves after knowing that their hands can petrify others?
While he was thinking about this, Lei Xiu suddenly said: "Uncle Master, why are your hands green?"
"Green? Not good!" Lei Gang's face changed drastically and he shouted loudly He said: "Junior brother, it seems that this curse has gone to you. Hold your breath and focus on your Dantian. I will perform exercises to heal your injuries now!"
Mao Xiaofang is now full of doubts about Lei Gang, how can he agree to let him help him?
What if my cultivation is ruined by helping me? Where can I go to reason?
"No need, senior brother, I'll just go back and adjust it slowly." Mao Xiaofang said.
Lei Gang nodded and said: "Then be careful. At this time, anything you touch will be petrified."
Hearing this, the onlookers Even subconsciously take a step back.
"I will be careful." Mao Xiaofang nodded.
"Master Mao, you saved six members of the Mo family. This is undoubtedly a great thing, but don't forget the disappearance case. It's been a day now. I wonder if there is any progress?" Among the crowd, A villager suddenly said.
There was silence all around, and all eyes were focused on Mao Xiaofang.
"I am investigating, please wait patiently for a while." Mao Xiaofang responded.
"It's better to have a good result, otherwise you will be a sinner in Gantian Town." The villager muttered.
"What did you say?" the Mo family man said with wide eyes.
"What I'm telling you is the truth." The villager said: "Originally, Master Lei said that those ghosts were eliminated. It was Master Mao who insisted on his own way and left the ghosts behind, which led to such a disaster."
“Fart.” The Mo family man Said: "We should believe Master Mao. The batch of ghosts that captured people later must not be the ones captured by Master Lei."
"Master Mao just saved your family. Of course you believe him, but our family still has He hasn’t been rescued yet,” the villager said.
The man from the Mo family was extremely angry. He pointed at the door and said, "Get out of here!"
Listening to the conversation between the two and watching the villagers watching in silence, Mao Xiaofang felt a chill in his heart.
He thought he was the patron saint of Gantian Town and a respected Taoist priest.
But it was only then that he realized that he had thought too much.
The believers who come here in glory are often just grass on the wall. Once he falls into the well, let alone give him a hand. If he doesn't add insult to injury, he already has a good conscience.
In the past, I still didn’t see it through, so I was burdened by the common name!
"Junior brother, let's go." Lei Gang said lightly.
Mao Xiaofang pursed his lips and said, "Brother, are you sure this rabbit is the source of the curse?"
"I'm sure."
Lei Gang said: "It should be the rabbit. He absorbed the curse in a certain cemetery and became like this."
Mao Xiaofang had nothing to say, so he stood up and walked outside.
Looking at his hands that were glowing green, the crowd was like avoiding snakes and scorpions, and they made way in the blink of an eye.
The next day.
It’s dusk.
In Fuxi Hall, Xiao Hai walked into the lobby quietly. Looking at the thin figure sitting cross-legged on the futon, he hesitated and said: "Master, something is not right about the wind review since this morning."
“What’s wrong?” Mao Xiaofang slowly opened his eyes.
"Everyone said, everyone said..."
"Stop stuttering, what everyone said!" Mao Xiaofang shouted.
"It is said that you are not as good as my uncle in cultivation, but you are also stubborn and insist on your own way, which has harmed the innocent villagers. If you can finally find those missing villagers, it will be a good thing. If you can't find them in the end, you will be able to make up for it. ..."
"So what?" Mao Xiaofang said.
Xiaohai: "That's why you killed the missing villagers..."
Mao Xiaofang was silent for a long time and said quietly: "Does everyone think so?"
"Many people think so about the evil wind blowing from nowhere." Xiaohai said.
Mao Xiaofang was silent for a moment and said disheartenedly: "The past kindness has been wiped out, and it will fall wherever the wind blows. It's great, it's great."
Xiao Hai: "... ”
He doesn’t understand what’s so good about this.
In a blink of an eye.
The fourth day of the disappearance.
Early morning.
Hundreds of villagers crowded into Fuxi Hall. The leading old man looked at Mao Xiaofang walking out of the hall and said in a deep voice: "Taoist Master Mao, where is the explanation you promised us?"
(This chapter End)