Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 125: God’s favor?

With Liu Zhi's reminder, Du Feng also noticed the abnormality around him and immediately put his hand on the hilt of the knife.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw several lanterns lit up inside the village.

A white-haired old man, supported and surrounded by several burly young men, came out from a large courtyard in the village.

"Greetings, Lord County Lieutenant."

The old man came up to Shang Lu, bowed and introduced himself.

"I am Luo Zhutong, the owner of Luojia Manor. I have always been on good terms with Lord Zhubu. I hope I can get closer to Lord County Wei in the future."

Shang Lu understood immediately after hearing this. Luo Zhutong said that he wanted to be close to him, but in fact he was using the chief clerk to put pressure on him.

Unfortunately, Luo Zhutong’s news was a little delayed, and he didn’t know that the current Luoshui County was no longer a place where the chief clerk had absolute control.

Shang Lu sneered secretly, and did not introduce the changes in the county situation to Luo Zhutong. Instead, he followed his words and said:

"No problem. I can give Master Luo a chance to get close to me right now. Tonight, I and two of my attendants will stay at your house for one night."

Luo Zhutong shook his head: "Everything else is fine, except asking for a place to stay."

He waved his hand, and a young man following behind him immediately came up with a tray of silver.

"Sir, if you want to stay overnight, you can go west. You have horses, and you will see a market town in less than half an hour. The conditions there are better than our farm. This money is my gift to Sir, the county lieutenant."

Shang Lu looked at the silver and money on the plate, then looked at Luo Zhutong, and sneered:
"I don't understand why Master Luo didn't let us stay here, but instead gave us money to send us away. Could it be that there is something hidden in this manor that he is afraid of us knowing?"

Hearing this, the villagers in the darkness around them suddenly became a little agitated.

Luo Zhutong remained calm: "You are joking, County Lieutenant. Our Luojia Village is a good village that was praised by Master Zhubu. How could we be afraid of you knowing something? It is just the village rules and customs."

"The Black Wind Gang was previously praised by the chief clerk, who said that they benefited their hometown and made great contributions to their hometown. What was the result?"

Du Feng sneered, and then questioned: "This is the first time I've heard of village rules and customs that forbid staying overnight. Master Luo, don't make up excuses. Are you trying to deceive us?"

Luo Zhutong was not angry either, he bowed and explained the reason:

"You are joking, sir. How dare I deceive the county lieutenant? To be honest, we used to let people stay in Luojia Village.

But every time we let outsiders stay overnight, something bad would happen. Either someone from this family would get sick, or someone from that family would have bad luck.

Once, a family was possessed by an evil spirit that would bite everyone it saw. We asked the local witch to help perform a ritual, and only then was the evil spirit driven away from that family.

The village witch found out the situation and walked around the village carefully. She said that this place is incompatible with outsiders. If outsiders are allowed to stay overnight, evil spirits will be generated, causing people in the village to become unlucky and sick.

Since then, we in Luojiazhuang have made a village rule that outsiders are not allowed to stay overnight."

Du Feng was amazed: "I have heard of conflicts between zodiac signs and horoscopes, but this is the first time I have heard of conflicts with outsiders."

He was a little curious: "How do people here find wives? You can't just look for someone from the same village, right? That would be incest!"

Luo Zhutong's face looked a little ugly, but he didn't dare to get angry, so he could only shake his head and explain: "A daughter-in-law is not an outsider when she is married into the family, so naturally there will be no conflict."

He ignored Du Feng and looked at Shang Lu, cupping his hands and saying, "Sir, the county lieutenant doesn't want the people of Luojiazhuang to be possessed by evil spirits, right?"

As he finished speaking, the villagers who had been watching Shang Lu and the other two in the dark, gathered around and stood behind and on both sides of Luo Zhutong, leaving only the way out of the village for Shang Lu and the other two.

It was obvious that the people in Luojiazhuang wanted to create momentum and force Shang Lu, Du Feng and Liu Zhi to leave.

But this scene did not scare Shang Lu, instead it made him find it very funny.

These people from Luojiazhuang had weak steps and weak blood energy. At first glance, they were ordinary people who had never learned martial arts or practiced any techniques. It was ridiculous and ignorant that they wanted to scare and intimidate him!
At the same time, Shang Lu also noticed that these people in Luojiazhuang all had one thing in common, that is, their eye sockets were black and their bodies looked hollowed out.

Before this, Luo An's parents looked like this in his home.

But at that time, they just thought that Luo An's parents were too sad. Now it seems that there may be other reasons! Could it be that there is a fox demon hidden in Luojia Village, and it is the kind that attracts both men and women? Everyone in the village is confused by it, but also obsessed with it, so they help to cover it up, for fear that outsiders will find out?
Humph, don't they know that lust is a sword above your head! Gambling and drugs are irreconcilable!

As for the explanation given by Luo Zhutong, Shang Lu didn't believe a word of it.

He sneered and asked, "What if I don't leave?"

Luo Zhutong's face changed, and he was about to speak, but Shang Lu was one step faster than him and ordered in a cold voice:

"Deceiving your superiors, plotting something bad! Liu Zhi, Du Feng, quickly arrest all the people from Luojiazhuang!"

"Yes!"

Liu Zhi and Du Feng had been prepared for a long time. When they heard Shang Lu's order, they immediately pounced on the people from Luojiazhuang like tigers among a flock of sheep.

What Shang Lu didn't expect was that the three official horses they rode on saw that there was a fight and they actually joined in excitedly.

Amidst a series of "whinnying" sounds, the three official horses rushed towards the people of Luojiazhuang, charging and kicking them in an orderly manner.

The people of Luojiazhuang obviously did not expect that their hundred or so people did not scare Shang Lu at all, and they did not expect that these three officers would actually dare to take action.

There was immediate chaos, and several people were knocked down in an instant.

Du Feng and Liu Zhi were both experienced constables. After pinning the men down, they immediately untied their belts, tied their hands and feet behind their backs, and left them lying on the ground unable to move.

"Don't panic, don't get confused. If we fight them, they will dare to kill us all..."

Luo Zhutong shouted loudly, wanting the villagers to arrest him.

Before he could finish his words, an official horse rushed up to him, grinning and spitting saliva and tongue at him, mocking him to the extreme.

Before Luo Zhutong could react, the horse stood up again and kicked hard with its front hooves.

Luo Zhutong was kicked out immediately.

Shang Lu secretly cried out, this Luo Zhutong is old and weak, how can he withstand such a kick? I'm afraid he will be kicked to death.

He also wanted to get some clues from Luo Zhutong.

However, to Shang Lu's surprise, Luo Zhutong not only did not die, but he quickly got up from the ground and continued to shout.

"Ok?"

Shang Lu used the Tiger Step Technique and instantly pounced in front of Luo Zhutong.

Two young men from Luojiazhuang wanted to rush over to protect Luo Zhutong, but before they got close, they were knocked to the ground by Shang Lu's blood and suppressed, unable to move.

Shang Lu grabbed Luo Zhutong.

It was also at this moment that he discovered something strange about Luo Zhutong.

The kick from the official horse just now not only did not kill him, it didn't even hurt him.

However, the wrinkles on Luo Zhutong's face were more serious than before, his hair had fallen out a lot, and there were even some spots on his skin that looked like corpse spots.

He was indeed still alive and indeed not injured, but these were all the results of squeezing his vitality and burning his soul.

His life has reached the end of its life.

But his spirit was unusually excited, just like a last burst of energy, and he was still shouting loudly:
“Hahaha, it doesn’t hurt, not at all, and I’m not injured. We are indeed the ones chosen by the gods and blessed by them!

My men, quickly kill these three bad officials, we can’t delay the feast tonight…”

(End of this chapter)