"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Xue Zhifu, you can't understand what you are saying, they are all apostles of our Daomen, they are good people, not bad people....."
Xuanhua Daoist frowned and said, "And Xue Zhifu, you pretend to be a Taoist and don't say a word to Poor Dao, isn't this okay?"
”He looked at Xue Xiruo with dripping eyes, as if he wanted to see something."
Daoist Xuanhua, do you think others don't know about your?"
Xue Xiruo smiled slightly, he flashed to the side, and an inconspicuous old Taoist priest walked out, "Xuanhua, the poor Dao came to Qingyuan, it is to make a special trip to eliminate the scum of the Dao Sect like you, you do not respect the laws of the country, do not abide by the rules of the sect, protect the villains, and collude with the evil thieves who dare to call themselves the disciples of the Dao Zun, and what you do is intolerable, so our thirteen archbishops have unanimously decided to deprive you of your status as a disciple of the Daomen......"
The old Taoist priest took out a yellow scroll, "This is also the order of the king, our Daomen Daozi!"
In addition, you must accept the severe punishment of the law of the land!
”Xuanhua Taoist collapsed to the ground when he heard this, "Your Majesty, Daozi, it seems that I am diligent and diligent for the sake of the Daomen, spare me, I, I have no merit and hard work....."
He still wanted to continue to say something, but when he saw Xue Xiruo wave his hand, several officials took off the Taoist crown and robe of this Xuanhua Taoist.At this time, the old Taoist priest looked at Xue Xiruo and handed him a piece of leather paper, "Xue Zhifu, this Xuanhua Taoist has been stripped of his Taoist book, how to punish it by national law, that is a matter for your government, and the poor Taoist still wants to rectify this Qingyuan Mansion Daomen, so I won't accompany you much, and I will leave!"
”"Dao Chief, go well ....."
The person who talked to Xue Xiruo was the incorruptible envoy of the Daomen, Zhengyangzi, one of the thirteen archbishops of the Prairie Dao, and the old Taoist priest was ordered by Li Lu to rectify the chaotic Qingyuan Daomen.As soon as Zhengyangzi left, Xue Xiruo adjusted the Dao robe on his body slightly, took a few steps forward, stared at the thieves and shouted: "You can know that committing such a heinous crime is intolerable, so hurry up and summon it truthfully, where is the 'Luo Tianshi' now?"
The leading boss among the several thieves snorted coldly and said: "The Heavenly Master has vast magical powers, has thousands of illusions, and hides in the world.Hahaha!"
When Xue Xiruo heard this, he was furious, "Heavenly Master?
Hehehe, I don't know what the relationship between your Luo Tianshi and the king is?
”The leader said, "Even if the king sees our Luo Tianshi, then you have to obediently shout Uncle Shi..... you let us go quickly..... otherwise you will be good-looking......"
"Then do you know that this case has alarmed the king?"
Well?
A Jiangyang thief dares to call himself the king's uncle, he is really tired of being crooked, put them in prison for me, and strictly guard them!
”Xue Xiruo snorted coldly and ordered the officials to put these thieves in prison, and then ordered the whole city to arrest the so-called "Luo Tianshi" and the bandits who slipped through the net.The officials were ordered, and they were called again and again, and they each acted separately.Just when Xue Xiruo was busy giving orders, Zhou Ruolan's parents rushed over when they got the letter, and as soon as the old couple saw their beloved daughter, they hugged their heads and cried, counting the pain of parting.The people of Qingyuan Mansion have only now woken up to the realization that the so-called Luo Tianshi's sacrifice to the river god is just a farce staged by these thieves, and they all knelt on the ground and praised Xue Xiruo's kindness, where did Xue Xiruo dare to stand the kneeling of these people?
He hurriedly helped these people up, "Hurry up, folks, Xinghai is ashamed, I came to help the villagers on the order of the king, if you want to thank our king." ”Originally, Li Lu's popularity among the people was very high, and as soon as Xue Xi said this, it would be even higher, Xue Xiruo saw that the people's hearts were available, so he mobilized the people to search for this Luo Tianshi together, and with the joint efforts of the government, the Daomen, and the people, within a month, the priest and goddess in the city were getting weaker and weaker, and the disciples of the former bullshit Heavenly Master disappeared without a trace.It's just that although Xue Xiruo spread his net everywhere, it was difficult to find any trace of this Luo Tianshi.Just a while later, a number of floating corpses suddenly appeared in the Xindu River outside the city of Qingyuan Mansion, and all of them drowned without exception.There are good deeds in the folk rumors, saying that this is Luo Tianshi in order to punish the world for disrespect, specially sent out water ghosts to detain people's souls, for a while, people in Qingyuan City panicked, when the news reached Xue Xiruo's ears, he smiled coldly, "What water ghosts detain people's souls."
It's just a thief pretending to be a ghost, come on, you are like this, like this....."
A few days later, at the ferry on the bank of the Xindu River on the outskirts of Qingyuan Prefecture, there was a lonely boat drifting with the waves.Suddenly, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Boatman, please make it convenient, ferry me and wait for it!"
As he spoke, three people came from the west, one master and two servants.Walking in the forefront is a handsome son, only about thirty, dressed in brocade clothes and good manners.The two servants behind him are all sturdy middle-aged men, each carrying a burden, and there is a box at each end of the burden, which is quite heavy.There was a coughing sound in the cabin, and after a while, a bearded old man, about fifty years old, came out.He raised his eyes and looked at the three masters and servants for a long time, and said, "It's late today, it's inconvenient to sail, please come back tomorrow!"
- When the young man heard this, he frowned, and Shi Li said: "My father is seriously ill at home, and the little student is like an arrow.The two servants also laid down their burdens and came forward to call for help.The captain said with a helpless face: "It's not that the little old man doesn't understand people's feelings, it's just a boat ride late at night, it's a taboo for the boatman, besides, there are water ghosts on the river recently, in case it hurts people's lives, I ......"
The young man didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and then took out a piece of flying money with a face value of fifty taels of silver from his arms and stuffed it into the hand of the captain and said: "This water ghost harms people is nonsense, uncle, if you can make it convenient, there will be heavy thanks afterwards!"
When the captain saw the flying money, his heart was overjoyed, and after the persuasion of the young man, he couldn't help but loosen, so he beckoned the three of them to get on the boat.The three masters and servants were overjoyed, and after a while, the boat fluttered and sailed into the distance.Half of the incense work, the boat to the middle of the river, at this time, the night gradually rose, only to see a round of waning moon hidden in the clouds, looming.Suddenly, a dark tide surged in, and the hull of the ship shook!
I could only hear the captain screaming at the bow of the boat: "Oh no, the water ghost has appeared!"
This was followed by a few shrill whistling sounds!
The master and servant hurriedly walked out of the cabin, but saw several ugly monsters in the river, all of them with their heads scattered, and one of them stretched out his huge claws and pulled at the captain.But when he heard a scream, his body was dragged into the water and disappeared in an instant.Seeing this, the three masters and servants were shocked and hurriedly fled to the cabin.Unexpectedly, all the ghosts roared, jumped on the boat, and bowed over to the three of them!
The young man, who had never been in the world, exclaimed in surprise when he saw this, and suddenly fainted.The two servants also trembled, and they kept retreating, and without paying attention, they both fell into the river of Xindu, and lost their lives.The demons did not chase after them, but straightened up and walked towards the young man.A little ghost said, "Boss, let's get this kid out first!"
A tall water ghost glanced at it and said, "Don't be busy first, this kid is not scared, he is already a mess, let's take a look at the treasure in his box first!"
With that, he raised his hand to his neck and removed a demon mask from his face.The rest of the ghosts also ripped off their masks, revealing their fierce faces.It turns out that these water ghosts are all dressed up by those outlaw bandits.The tall bandit leader said, "Why hasn't the old beard come up yet?"
Who's going to take a look?"
A small thief said yes and plunged into the water.The rest of the bandits took action and pried open the wooden box that the young man had carried.I only heard a squeak, the lid of the box was opened lightly, and the bandits looked over, only to see a burst of green smoke rising from the box, and these thieves only smelled a bad smell coming to their noses, and they were immediately dizzy with smoke, and their limbs were limp and collapsed to the ground.At this time, they heard someone speak: "What kind of bullshit water ghosts, it's just a group of thieves pretending to be ghosts, and if they are hit by a certain soft muscle, they can't get up.....
These thieves opened their eyes with great difficulty, but saw that the young man who had fallen to the ground earlier, at some point, had stood up, stretched his waist, and then blew a whistle, and suddenly the river flowers splashed everywhere, only to see the two servants who had just fallen into the water jumped up, and each of them took one of them to step on the waves, and two of them boarded the boat and threw the person they were carrying in the cabin.Then look at their abdomen is as distended as a drum, embarrassed, and it seems that they have drunk the river water.The young man smiled slightly, and then said: "You and other rats, dare to pretend to be gods and ghosts, rob money and kill people, are you not afraid of the law of the country, do you think that our British law can't control you?"
When the captain heard this, he was shocked and said, "You, are you a public man?"
The young man smiled slightly, noncommittal, and asked instead, "Luo Tianshi, you don't practice in the city, why are you doing ghosts here?"
The captain's face turned pale, his eyes showed a look of horror, and he muttered, "You, are you Governor Xue?"
He guessed correctly, this young man was Xue Xiruo, and the servants accompanying him were also dressed up in disguise by two officials who were highly skilled in martial arts and proficient in water.Just because a month ago, the bandits were arrested in the temple fair, and the bandit leader Luo Tianshi fled when he heard the news.Xue Xiruo summed it up in his heart.This rabble had no means of making a living, and it was very likely that they would flee to other places and commit crimes again, so they sent people to visit everywhere, and after several twists and turns, they firmly locked the hiding place of this group of bandits.As he expected, this bandit leader Luo Tianshi, after being cleared by himself, knew that the general trend had gone, so he had to take a few followers who had slipped through the net, tossed and turned around the countryside, and then disguised himself as a water ghost, and then his minions pretended to be water ghosts, robbing passing guests, and killing countless good people in dozens of days.Xue Xiruo personally led two powerful subordinates, and with a little trickery, he lured out a nest of bandits.The wooden box they carry with them contains a mechanism that, once opened, can eject the drug, so they can wipe out all the bandits without much effort.Only now did these thieves know that the catastrophe was inevitable, and they had to bow down and confess their guilt.A few days later, Xue Xiruo judged the bandits involved one by one, and then posted a list of Anmin, announcing that the bandit leader Luo Tianshi was subdued, and the people of Qingyuan Mansion applauded after hearing about it.Went to the thieves, Xue Xiruo then ordered to build an embankment and repair the dam, open a canal to divert water, Comrade Xiao Xue only took half a year's effort, the Qingyuan Mansion that was not lightly harmed by Li Song and Xuanhua Daoist and "Luo Tianshi" This gang of thieves to restore its vitality, and become prosperous and rich again, the local people in order to commemorate Xue Xiruo's achievements in governing the Xindu River, he ordered to build the embankment called "Xue Gong Dike", which can be regarded as making Xue Xiruo famous through the ages.