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The young man said with a wry smile, "I've come here to ask for a child."
Li Lingsu said "Oh," and then asked, "Seven days too?"
The young man nodded.
"It must have cost a lot of money."
"The money is alright."
The young man looked at him strangely, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
At this moment, the curtain leading to the inner hall was lifted, and a pretty woman strode out.
Her face was flushed and her hair was a little messy. When she saw everyone looking at her, she immediately lowered her head and quickly walked back to her husband's side.
A moment later, the curtain was lifted again, and a burly man appeared. He glanced at the delicate woman's figure, his face full of lingering desire.
“Mother, I have already delivered the child on behalf of the temple god, you should collect your money now. The young lady is very satisfied,” the man said with a grin.
The old woman looked at the young couple and said with a smile, "Young lady of the Zhang family, young master Zhang, are you satisfied?"
The blush on the pretty woman's face faded, and she gradually turned pale.
Humiliation and anger flashed in the young man surnamed Zhang's eyes, but he forced a smile and said, "Satisfied, satisfied..."
With a forced smile, he took off his money pouch and handed it over.
The man reached out and took it, weighed it in his hand, and his gaze lingered on the pretty woman.
"There are four more days. Remember to come on time, or the temple god will be angry."
Fear flashed in the eyes of the young couple, and they nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely come, I'll definitely come..."
Chapter 416 The Mischievous Heavenly Mirror! The Arrogant and Evil Imperial Advisor!
"Why don't you report it to the authorities?" Li Lingsu asked the young man telepathically.
“Those who reported to the authorities are all dead, and those who disrespected the temple god are also dead. As long as we properly worship the temple god, he will protect us…”
Li Lingsu cut to the chase and asked, "Since you know that those who disrespect the temple gods are all dead, why do you still come here to burn incense?"
The young man gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that we wanted to come; it's him, he's the one who took a fancy to my wife. He came to our door and told us to go to the City God Temple to pray for a child, or the temple god would punish us."
Li Lingsu understood; this was the same as the way powerful and wealthy children bully men and women.
The difference lies in the fact that one relies on power and influence, while the other relies on temple gods.
"Mother, where did this fool come from?" The man was not afraid at all, and even looked down on him.
The sorceress's face was gloomy. She pointed at Xu Qi'an and his three companions and said, "These are four outsiders who are all together. They are idle and do nothing. It's obvious they don't have a proper job. Now they are in big trouble."
Then, she sneered at the young couple: "Mr. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang, the temple god has seen your disrespect."
The young woman's face turned pale instantly, and she said in a tearful voice, "Temple God, please forgive me, sorceress, please forgive me."
After reprimanding the young couple, the sorceress snorted coldly, looked at Xu Qi'an and the others, and announced: "You have disrespected the temple god and angered him. You are about to die."
"If you want to appease the temple god's anger, offer him three hundred taels of silver; otherwise, even I cannot save you."
Her son clapped his hands in agreement, and three men from outside the temple immediately came in and surrounded Xu Qi'an and the others.
The surrounding pilgrims pointed and whispered among themselves.
"These outsiders are really bold."
"Yes, hurry up and hand over the silver, or you won't even know how you died."
By this time, Zhang Xiangong had regained his senses and was no longer affected by Li Lingsu's magic.
It turned out that the reason he had confessed so readily was due to Li Lingsu's magic. Now that he knew what he had just said, he was so frightened that his legs went weak.
He pleaded in a trembling voice, "Temple God, please forgive me, Temple God, please forgive me!"
The sorceress's son ignored him, glaring at Xu Qi'an and the others with his fierce eyes, and threatened them: "Hurry up and hand over the silver."
The worshippers nearby quickly advised, "Outsider, quickly apologize to the temple god."
"Why seek death?"
"Yes, hurry up and hand over the silver, lest we implicate Master Zhang."
"Silver? You son of a bitch, go ask the King of Hell for it." Miao Youfang cursed, took two quick steps, clenched his fist, and leaned his right arm back.
boom!
Before anyone could react, he punched the sorceress's son in the head.
The head exploded like a watermelon, with blood, flesh, and bone fragments splattering everywhere, onto the ground, walls, and the temple sculptures behind it.
The temple was silent for a few seconds, then screams suddenly erupted as worshippers fled in panic.
Three men who guarded the City God Temple fled into the courtyard with the worshippers.
"Son!"
The sorceress screamed shrilly, collapsed before the headless corpse, and wept bitterly.
Miao Youfang took out a long knife from his storage artifact and began smashing things wildly. He kicked over the incense table, knocked over the incense burner, and finally cleaved the temple god sculpture in two with a single blow.
"you."
The sorceress glared venomously at the four of them and said sternly, "The temple god will not let you go; you will all die."
Miao Youfang immediately swung his knife and beheaded the sorceress, then kicked her skull until it exploded.
The shaman had died, leaving the young couple stunned and speechless.
My heart trembled violently, unable to distinguish whether I felt joy or fear.
The worshippers in the courtyard were equally dumbfounded.
Xu Qi'an knew these people needed to be appeased. He stepped out of the temple, looked at the worshippers peering into the courtyard, and said:
"I am a constable from the capital, and these past few days I have been working with you."
"Someone went to the capital to file a complaint, saying that some people in Shengyi County were performing licentious shrines and sacrifices, which were harming the people."
"I have investigated secretly for several days and have found out the truth."
The sorceress learned some sorcery and secretly harmed people, impersonating temple gods to frighten the populace.
“Now that he has been executed, there is no need for you to come here to offer sacrifices.”
Upon hearing that the young man was a government official, the worshippers felt much more at ease.
The world is vast, but the imperial court is the most powerful. That's why the imperial court's intervention makes them feel safer.
“But, but the temple god is indeed efficacious,” a worshipper said.
Intimidation alone is not enough to make them willingly burn incense and make offerings.
"The owner of the rouge shop on Guanghua Street was killed by a sorceress."
"I have already investigated this matter thoroughly," Xu Qi'an said.
The pilgrims were then relieved.
Chu Yuanzhen took out a silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to a middle-aged man next to him.
He had heard it clearly: the man's wife was dying. She had been offered sacrifices at the temple for seven days, and all their savings had been spent on her. Now, the woman was still not getting better and was probably about to pass away.
"If you're sick, you should see a doctor," Scholar Chu advised.
After getting the middle-aged man's address, he turned to Xu Qi'an and said, "Ning Yan, I'm a little worried. I'll go with him and take a look."
He was worried that the middle-aged man's wife was terminally ill and that ordinary doctors were powerless to save her.
Xu Qi'an nodded.
At this moment, Miao Youfang picked up the money pouch next to the sorceress's son, tossed it to Zhang Xiangong, and said:
"Forget about what happened here, and don't look down on your wife because of it."
The young man surnamed Zhang glanced at the corpses of the sorceress and her son, and spat fiercely.
He silently kowtowed to the three men, then embraced his wife and left.
Miao Youfang turned his head and spat at the corpse, looking as if it were a common occurrence.
"I've been wandering the world for many years, and I've killed countless villains like this."
Xu Qi'an glanced outside and confirmed that all the worshippers had been driven away.
He immediately closed the temple door and ordered, "Li Lingsu, summon the spirit!"
We should ask the sorceress and her son what really happened at the temple.
……
It was early morning that day.
On the bright yellow bed, Li Chang'an, embracing two beautiful women, slowly awoke.
He opened his eyes and saw Huaiqing gazing at him with a slightly flushed face, her eyes full of love.