Chapter 12 Someone is instigating provocation
When people are extremely tired, they either don’t want to move or they are in high spirits.
As soon as the man's words came out, they instantly resonated with many people around him. Countless eyes looked at the Xie family, many of them with great longing.
“Who says it’s not the case? I also heard that they have been offering sacrifices for many years. Why doesn’t God appear after such a rumor?”
“When I was in prison, I heard their jailer say thank you. Before the family was imprisoned, the family god had sent rain to extinguish the fire. Why didn’t it work now?”
Someone heard the sound and got up, grabbed the man and asked, “Really?”
The person next to him nodded, but he was not sure, "I heard a little bit about it, and it seemed like a spirit appeared."
Some people sitting around Xie's house heard the discussion on the other side, Turn around and look at the Xie family.
Some people even climbed directly to Mrs. Xie and kowtowed and prayed, "Mrs. Xie, please do a good job. Please show your power to the Xie family gods and bring some rain!"
One begged, and two came to beg. It was not a big crowd, and a group of people gathered around the Xie family in the middle and kowtowed to pray for rain.
Mrs. Xie frowned and looked at the restless prisoners around her.
Fortunately, the men of the Xie family stood up and surrounded the outer circle as soon as they approached to prevent these people from unexpected accidents. Several female members of the Xie family hugged the children and stood close to each other with alert eyes. He looked around.
Xie Yuchuan slowly sat up from his half-lying position and looked sharply at the man who had just spoken to confuse everyone.
The man had tall forehead bones, slender cheeks, and a pair of shrewd and calculating eyes. When he met Xie Yuchuan's ice-like eyes, he couldn't help but wince, but after a while he felt that what he said was not wrong. He averted his eyes and coughed twice, holding his neck and refusing to give up.
“Who doesn’t know that your Xie family brags about worshiping gods in your home all day long, and you don’t know whether it’s true or not? You are so capable of bluffing people, why don’t you come out and show yourself, don’t you think so?”
"That's it!"
The officials who were undergoing renovations saw the chaos here, and a dozen people came over with whips.
As soon as the whip is struck, no matter who it hits, the leader will yell loudly: "What are you making a fuss about! If you don't want to rest, just get out of here and stand! You've turned against us."
The prisoner who was drawn screamed, "Master, it has nothing to do with me! It's them! They are begging the gods for rain!"
"What? Praying for rain?" Then The yamen servant thought he heard wrongly.
The man who started the trouble pointed at the Xie family in the middle and said loudly: "Don't they say that the Xie family has a family god? Since it is so clever, it is not difficult to make rain for everyone, right? You gentlemen don't have to work so hard."
Xie Yuchuan sneered, "Idiot."
Several government officials who had just exchanged water for a lot of benefits, upon hearing this, were stunned for a moment and immediately became angry and whipped them hard. The blind prisoner staggered.
"Have we worked hard, why do you need to worry about it?!"
The colleague next to him also walked towards the prisoners who were kneeling on both sides and scolded: "There is a god in the Xie family. You guys should stop talking nonsense here and go back and sit down!"
"If you want to quench your thirst, go over there and find a way to drink. If you don’t follow the rules, don’t blame me for not having eyes in the whip!”
Crack! There were several cracks of whips on the ground.
The people who were surrounding the Xie family just now were so frightened that they dispersed like a tide in an instant.
The yamen servant in charge was surnamed Liu. He had a single name. His family used to be a butcher, and he slaughtered pigs until he was an adult. His father didn’t know what kind of bad luck he had. He approached the chief clerk of the yamen and gave him the back door, shaking his head. He was replaced by a government official, and he walked around the streets with a group of colleagues all day long, which was very impressive.
Because of his violent temper and great strength, he was able to restrain Xiaoxiao when he was on duty, so he was recommended by the superior for escorting him, and he got the job.
When Liu Behead was being escorted, he encountered several wealthy and down-to-earth gentry in the team. Not only that, but there were also three or four wealthy people who used to be wealthy in Beijing. Such people, if they showed anything, they would be able to work as low-level errands. of people for more than half their lives.
Liu Qian knew it very well, and he was not in a hurry. It was growing on the road.
What a god from the Xie family, it’s all nonsense! He looked coldly at the Xie family and sneered in his heart. If the Xie family had to be protected by gods, how could a group of old and young be in such a miserable state?
He didn’t believe it.
After shocking the prisoners, when he went back, he happened to bump into some of the top men from Xiong Jiushan who were returning.
The old government officer next to Xiong Jiushan asked: "What's wrong?"
Liu Chou replied: "A few prisoners were fooling around without knowing whether to live or die. They ran to the Xie family prisoners and kowtowed in front of them to pray for rain. Everyone rushed back."
"Is nothing wrong?" Xiong Jiushan felt dizzy when he heard the words "Xie family".
"It's okay! If you're disobedient, you can be whipped a few times and you'll be honest." Liu Chang said nonchalantly.
Xiong Jiushan frowned and left without saying anything.
Liu Clan didn’t quite understand, so he grabbed the old yamen servant behind him and said, “Boss, sir, are you angry? Did I say something wrong?”
The old yamen servant shook his head, “It’s okay, I’m with you. It doesn't matter, go back to work, keep an eye on it, don't cause trouble just after leaving the city."
"I, Liu Zai, can rest assured, boss!"
There are more than 20 people in the Xie family. I was resting well when suddenly I was surrounded by a group of prisoners. All the drowsiness disappeared in an instant, and everyone was alert and alert.
Xie Wuying took Zhang Dayi and her old mother to the side of Xie's house at some unknown time.
Although the noise just now was suppressed by the scolding of the officials, the way many people in the crowd looked at the Xie family was completely different from before.
Some were doubtful, and some were sad and resentful. The man who started the trouble held his whip wound and hissed for a long time.
"I see, with evil people like the Xie family here, none of us can make it to the north alive."
One sentence aroused the resentment of many people. .
Unconsciously, the prisoners who were sitting next to Xie's family moved away.
But he still refused to give up and continued to ask: "Does your Xie family really have a family god?"
No one in the Xie family answered, their faces were gloomy.
These words pierced the hearts of the Xie family. The Xie family used the god's throne to find a way to survive. Since the god's throne was handed over, the Xie family's gods have never appeared again, nor have they performed any miracles. .
Those heavy rains that appeared out of thin air over the ancestral hall of the Protector's Mansion seemed like a dream.
The family god probably gave up on them.
Everyone in Xie's family pursed their lips and said nothing. Xie Yuchuan looked at his family and saw his grandmother's face was gloomy. He couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at each other coldly.
"What advice do you have?"
Xie Yuchuan's eagle eyes were like torches. When he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at people, it was like a sharp arrow piercing people's hearts.
The man was shocked by his gaze and mumbled a few times, not daring to ask any more questions.
Xie Yuchuan's cold eyes glanced around, and many of them shrank back.
Mrs. Xie didn’t know what she was thinking of, and sighed, with a look of exhaustion on her face.
Xie Yuchuan could tell at a glance where his grandmother's heart was. He touched the things on his body that Tu Hua had given him. He was thinking about when it would be more appropriate to explain the matter of the family god to his family, when he suddenly heard the joy of the family god in his ears. Voice:
"Tuhua: Thank God! The door is finally open!"
(End of this chapter)