Stealing the relics of an extinct patient has led to the creation of three new infected families in one village.
In the middle of the night, the local villagers heard the hissing of poultry outside the house, panicked and cloaked out of the door, but saw a big head of the odd figure of a cow, suddenly came to their own surprise!
The villagers were paralyzed with fear, shouting, "Help! There's a ghost!"
The quiet is shattered in the middle of the night, and a few disturbed families go out to find out what's going on with their oil lamps.
A group of people gathered, and a few feet away, they saw a figure with a big and strange head, suddenly jumped up, took a few steps onto the roof, and turned around to look at the crowd.
Under the bleak moonlight, the crowd could vaguely see that the figure's neck, on top of which was not a human face at all, seemed to be a red-faced bull's head like the face of an evil spirit!
"Ghosts! There's a ghost!"
A group of people shrieked and dodged backward!
The evil spirit did not attack the crowd, perhaps thinking that there are many people, but silently turned around and flew up to the roof beams, the soles of the feet, like a bird, drilled into the dense branches of the tree, disappeared without a sound.
*
Xue Yao paced back and forth in the courtyard of the mansion, and when it was about the fourth night, he finally saw an athletic figure climb over the fence and walk towards him.
"Well?" Xue Yao quickly greeted him.
Zhang Si took off his ghost mask and nodded to Xue Yao, "All five villages did as Your Excellency said, and alarmed at least thirty households."
Xue Yao sighed in relief and told him to go back to the house to rest.
*
At first light the next day, a group of common people were heard crying outside the door, begging the living Buddha to save their lives.
The concierge looked through the doorway and realized that there were people standing outside, all lined up in the alley, and he didn't know how many had come.
He didn't dare open the door and went to inform Xue Yao first.
Shortly afterward, the door swung open, and Xue Yao in his Taoist robes looked shriveled as he was helped out by the concierge.
The common people were astonished, the Living God Taoist Master was now as white as snow, his lips were bloodless, and his eyes were a horrible greenish-black, as if he had contracted a serious illness.
"What's wrong with the Taoist Master!"
The people are panicking.
Xue Yao raised his hand to let everyone be at ease, coughed twice feebly and sighed: "Folks, truth be told, a few days ago, the poor Tao has been the epidemic ghost king with the Bagua Qiankun mirror temporarily trapped, did not expect that yesterday that the evil ghost suddenly ghost power increased greatly, broke my formation, will be injured me, after the disappearance of no trace, alas ...... I'm afraid that in recent days the epidemic ghost will again wreak havoc on earth!"
The villagers were immediately filled with horror, and someone hurriedly asked, "Taoist Master! Does that Ghost King have a cow-like head that can fly through the sky?"
Xue Yao was startled and asked him in a panic, "You saw it?"
"We've seen it all!" The surrounding villagers cried out in fear.
"Taoist Master! That Ghost King came to my backyard last night, did it already let the little ghosts possess my mother and son!"
"You must save us, Taoist Master!"
"Why did that Ghost King suddenly have a huge increase in ghostly power!"
Xue Yao waited for them to quiet down a bit before coughing twice and explaining weakly, "It's a shame that dozens of ghosts who were previously possessed by the Epidemic Ghosts and contracted illnesses and even had their entire families die violently had their family relics stolen, and these dead souls became resentful as a result, and all of them became Epidemic Ghosts for the God of Pestilence to use to drive them around, strengthening the ghost power of the King of Ghosts of the God of Pestilence, which the poor Taoist is no longer able to suppress! "
The villagers were in an uproar.
"Which one of these lackluster ghosts is it! How dare he steal from the family of an absolute family!" Immediately, there were villagers who were furiously enraged.
"Whoever takes it! We'll use the life of whoever comforts the souls of the dead!"
"Right! Taking a thousand-dagger dog and sacrificing it to the souls of the dead! If the Taoist Master is injured, all of us in the village will have to die with him!"
There were three or two people in the crowd with gray faces, presumably they were the ones who had taken the property of the Jedi family, and at the moment they didn't dare to squeak.
A moment later, one of the middle-aged men stepped forward and shouted, "Who dares to take something that the epidemic ghosts have stained? I've seen with my own eyes that only those out-of-town stragglers and barkers have been in and out of those extinct families, and the relics must have all been stolen by them!"
Someone picked up, "No wonder so many callers have died in the past two days! It turns out that they are all being avenged by the ghosts!"
Someone asked Xue Yao, "Taoist Master! If there's an injustice to be avenged, and if there's an enemy to be avenged, the beggars who stole the relics are all dead, so those unjust ghosts shouldn't be messing with us, right?"
Xue Yao frowned and said, "Alas ...... became an epidemic ghost, where does it still recognize people? It's just for the Ghost King to drive, the reason why those callers were the first to lose their lives was simply because they didn't have the Poor Tao's holy stone and holy water, which is why the epidemic ghosts were the first to possess them."
The few gray-faced people in the crowd were instantly relieved, having thought that anyone who stole the relics would die, but now that they had heard the Taoist priest say that as long as they were blessed with the holy stone and holy water, they could still ward off evil spirits and drive away the plague, their hearts were a bit more solid.
"But ......" Xue Yao continued, "The grievances of this batch of unjust souls have greatly increased the ghostly qi of the entire county, and it is already difficult for the Poverty Road's magical power to continue, and if there are more dead souls who have been transformed into unjust ghosts as a result of the theft of relics, the Poverty Road's holy stone and holy water will completely lose its power to shelter, and everyone will be in danger."
The villagers were in a state of panic.
A tall man stepped forward and turned to look grimly at the villagers, "Whoever dares to touch the dead man's belongings again, without waiting for the epidemic ghosts to claim their lives, I, Li San, will surely beat that thief to death on the spot!"
An old man tapped his cane and said, "They're all neighbors, who would take advantage of the dead, I'm only afraid of those stray callers! If they are stealing in the middle of the night, who can always be on the lookout!"
"I do have a solution." Xue Yao said, "From now on, all the clothing items of the sick and dying will be incinerated into ashes for the dead souls to take with them, and for those unfortunate enough to be extinct, they will bother their neighbors to incinerate all of their belongings in their homes. Let the dead bring their own things, go to the ground to enjoy, can ensure that the dead souls do not have resentment."
Hearing the hope of survival, the villagers immediately responded with joy, "This is a good idea! Don't worry, Taoist Master!"
"There's one more thing--" Xue Yao frowned, "Now that the poor Taoist's magic power has been greatly damaged, and if it continues to be consumed for a long period of time, sooner or later, the epidemic ghosts will wreak havoc on the entire county, the situation is critical, and we must fight quickly!"
The villagers were concerned, "What can we do to help the Taoist Master exorcise the ghosts?"
Xue Yao said, "The poor Taoist used the Eight Trigrams Disc to find a place with abundant yang energy, and set up a formation there for seventy-seven or forty-nine days, which might be able to expel and seal all of the epidemic ghosts that were hiding in the bodies of the sick people.
This requires the cooperation of all the townspeople to supervise and send all the infected people in the village to the formation circle, so that the poor Taoist can control the epidemic ghosts and guarantee that after forty-nine days, no one in the village will be possessed again."
When the villagers heard this, they cheered and fell to their knees, kowtowing to thank the living Buddha for saving their suffering.
Xue Yao lowered his head to the commoners and continued, "This time, to seal the Epidemic Ghosts, all must cooperate, if one of the patients is not sent into the spell, the previous effort may be wasted."
Immediately, someone else chimed in, "We'll make sure to send everyone to the phalanx without missing a single one!"
Xue Yao nodded and continued, "There is one more thing that I have to tell you in advance, this practice, if it goes well, can completely seal all the epidemic ghosts and keep the whole county safe for a hundred years, but for the patients who have been possessed by the epidemic ghosts, the poor Taoist may not be able to save all of them."
The villagers grew silent.
Suddenly, someone sighed: "Taoist Master, to tell you the truth, the medicine you gave us is not very effective at all. None of the people in our village who have been haunted by the epidemic ghosts have survived, not to mention saving all of them, even if there is a 30% chance of survival, who would be willing to wait for death at home? Don't worry, we will definitely send all the infected people to you, and we only hope that you can seal all the infected ghosts, and don't let them come out to harm people again!"
Xue Yao sighed in relief.
The flub was a success.
Have the common people spread the word and demand that all patients go to the western outskirts of the city to gather and stand by at the first hour of the hour three days from now.
Back in the inner courtyard, Xue Yao washed off the haggard makeup on her face and her mood finally cleared up a bit.
Although it is not yet certain that the isolation of patients will be successfully implemented, at least the villagers representing the five communes have all actively supported it, which is a good start.
When Zhang Si saw him reveal a rare look of idleness, he couldn't help but laugh, "You can count on the clouds being set free."
Xue Yao took a deep breath and shook his head, "It's still early."
"I mean Gongzi's face." Zhang Si said, "The first few days were all dark clouds ......"
Before he finished speaking, Xue Yao suddenly heard a system prompt in his head: [Lu Qian's Security Sense Minus 2].
When Zhang Si saw Xue Yao's sudden change in color, he was shocked and said, "What's wrong again?"
"Oh ...... it's fine, just a little tired." Xue Yao screamed in his heart.
How did you drop two more security points!
This shifty little fat cub!
This time when he went out, the little fat cub didn't consistently drop the security point like last time, Xue Yao originally thought that this little guy had gotten used to him traveling.
I did not expect that one afternoon a month ago, suddenly heard the system prompts, the little fat cub security dropped 10 points at once!
It's either that or jump and fall!
What in the world has upset the little fat cub to suddenly drop so much!
Is it possible that the milk has gone bad again?
*
A month ago, inside the bedchamber of the Green Vault Palace--
The Seventh Prince raised his hand and gently stabilized the head that was shivering under the red cover, and warned in a low voice with downcast eyes, "Don't move, if you don't cover this, you won't be able to worship heaven and earth."
The side face under the red cover felt the temperature of the Seventh Prince's palm and seemed to become even more tense, and the entire body began to tremble.
The Seventh Prince narrowed his eyes slightly, bent his head close to the red cover, and his voice was rare and gentle, "It's starting."
When he finished speaking, he turned around, bowed towards the sky outside the palace door to complete the ceremony, and couldn't wait to turn his head, the seventh prince hooked his lips, imperative, raised his hand and violently lifted the red cover!
The bewildered bald white rabbit under the cover tilted its head to look at the Seventh Prince.
The little white rabbit was still as silly as he had been that day in the arms of Silly Yao Yao.
"Worship is done." The Seventh Prince lifted the rabbit's ears and met the panicked rabbit's eyes.
"From now on, you are Master's consort."
The drill was getting up and running, but the Seventh Prince felt that a person standing behind him hadn't walked around for a long time, and seemed to be watching his back.
Didn't you tell the eunuchs and maids not to interrupt Your Highness' practice?
Seventh Prince looked impatient, lifting the "Rabbit Princess" ear turned around, just about to use a small snore to threaten the other party to go away, but met with the Prince's shocked gaze.
The Prince who watched his stupid brother get married to a rabbit: "？？？？？"
"Oh ...... brother?" The Seventh Prince immediately whirled the rabbit and hid it behind his back.
A few more of the sparse rabbit hairs were shaken off.
The Crown Prince looked at his foolish brother with a look of despair, "It didn't interrupt your 'conjugal worship' with the rabbit, did it?"
"Still want to worship each other?" The Seventh Prince froze, hurriedly bending down to pick up the red cover on the ground, placing the rabbit back on the coffee table and covering it up again with the cover, preparing to supplement the worship ceremony.
The Crown Prince couldn't bear to interrupt his brother's "wedding": "Xue Yao sent you a letter, six hundred miles of urgent."
The tip of the seventh prince's ears twitched, immediately abandoning the Rabbit Princess and throwing himself at his elder brother, "Where's the letter?"
The Prince gave the letter to his brother.
The Seventh Prince unfolded the letter and glanced at it.
Since it was only ten lines in total, His Highness read it in one glance.
Yao Yao let the seventh prince is not allowed to add additional sugar to the milk, and the lamb is steamed as much as possible, not roasted ......
There were also a few bits and pieces of instructions, all things that Xue Yao had instructed the day before he left.
Six-hundred-mile expedited letter, writing such a few lines of nonsense.
The seventh prince is simply ......
Delighted!
But it was still euphemistically flaunted to his big brother, "Hmph, there's no need to expedite sending it back for this small matter."
Silly Yao Yao really did miss His Highness too much.
"In fact, the six-hundred-mile expedited letter was mainly written to Lone, and piggybacked on it to write one to you as well." The Prince spoke truthfully, unintentionally shattering his brother's pride.
"Writing to brother?" The Seventh Prince provocatively raised his eyes to his elder brother and let out a light laugh, "What is Yao Yao writing to brother? To ask for good health?"
"It's written about quite a few things." The crown prince worriedly pulled out the letter Xue Yao had given himself from his sleeve.
Thick stack of letters!!!
The Seventh Prince visually recognized at a glance that there were at least twelve pages of letter paper in his elder brother's hand, and it was densely written with words!
And then look down at the light page of letter paper in his hand, a total of only ten lines of words ......
His Solid Highness is sad as a mountain!
"Plop" into the circle chair next to the coffee table, shaking the floor.
The "Rabbit Princess" was so scared that she jumped from the table and escaped with her red head, and a few more rabbit hairs were scattered.
The Seventh Prince held his forehead with one hand, his face full of despair.
"What's wrong?" The Prince nervously inquired of his brother.
"Yao Yao doesn't want my son." The Seventh Prince's eyes were closed and his voice was low.
"How come?" The Crown Prince comforted his brother, "Didn't Yao Yao write to you?"
"Only one." The Seventh Prince was grief-stricken, "He wrote a whole set of Zizhi Tongjian for Brother."
"It's not that much!" The Prince flung the stack of letter paper in his hand with a clatter, "It's only fourteen pages in total."
Seventh Prince: "......"
The illusion of pretending to see only twelve pages was also destroyed by Big Brother!
In the meantime.
Xue Yao, who was making soap in Ping Rong County, was chatting with Zhang Si -
"I've written all the details of the epidemic in my letter, it's shocking, Your Highness the Crown Prince shouldn't be able to do nothing about it, right?"
Zhang Si comforted him, "It won't be, His Highness the Crown Prince cares about the common people."
Xue Yao nodded and suddenly heard the system prompt: [Lu Qian's Security Sense Reduced by 10].
A bolt from the blue!
Zhang Si thought something had happened and looked around vigilantly, but he saw no one.
Turning back to the grieving Xue Yao, "What ...... happened to you?"