Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 16 Don't Cause Trouble

When he arrived at the yamen, Shang Lu's embarrassed appearance immediately attracted the attention and curiosity of the yamen runners.

Everyone in the police squad had heard about Shang Lu being attacked by a mad dog, but the other yamen runners didn't know and asked him what happened.

When they heard that he was attacked by a mad dog, the yamen runners were very sad. Although they didn't say anything in front of Shang Lu, after he walked away, they all gathered together and sighed:
"I never thought that Constable Shang would be made into this state by a mad dog."

"Constable Shang used to have the ability to cut bones. He was not afraid of wolves, let alone mad dogs. But now, it really proves the old saying - a tiger in troubled times is bullied by dogs."

"He's going to have a performance test next month. Can he pass it in this situation?"

"He definitely won't make it. His position as a regular has long been targeted by others."

"What, this is still happening?"

"You don't know? I'm telling you, don't tell anyone..."

In the end, many yamen runners looked at Shang Lu with sympathy and pity.

Shang Lu came to the third shift courtyard and first found the few white-duty constables who followed him.

His miserable appearance also attracted sighs and concerns from these unemployed constables.

Shang Lu went straight to the point and asked these white-duty constables to visit the families of the Black Wind Gang members who were eyeing his ancestral land on his behalf.

As a detective, Shang Lu was no stranger to the members of the Black Wind Gang. Even if he could not recognize all of them, he remembered their facial features. The white-service detectives under him only needed to conduct a brief investigation to determine the identities of those people and then find their families.

"Lu Tou, have these people offended you?"

A white-collar constable named Du Feng asked curiously after hearing Shang Lu's instructions.

Shang Lu did not hide anything and nodded, giving a brief explanation of the situation.

After hearing this, several white-duty constables immediately understood that it must be someone from the Black Wind Gang, who had heard that Shang Lu had lost all his skills and that he would have a performance evaluation next month, so they were being so disrespectful to him.

In theory, these white-collar constables all followed Shang Lu and should obey his orders.

But when they thought about the performance evaluation next month, Shang Lu would most likely fail and be dismissed from his post. At this time, it seemed a bit unworthy to offend the Black Wind Gang for Shang Lu, so they hesitated.

Only Du Feng didn't think too much and said indignantly: "These people from the Black Wind Gang are like chicken feathers tied to a flagpole. They are so bold! Lutou, do you want us to do something to scare them when we go there?"

"No need." Shang Lu was afraid that this guy would mess up, so he quickly stopped him: "You just need to convey my words, don't do anything else."

Those members of the Black Wind Gang are still in Shuanggui Village. If their families are forced too much, they may overreact.

What Shang Lu wanted was to warn those members of the Black Wind Gang so that they would be cautious and not dare to act recklessly, rather than to "force them to rebel".

"I see. This is a simple matter. I guarantee it will be done."

Du Feng patted his chest and accepted the order, and was about to do it immediately.

When he left, he did not forget to call out to his hesitant colleagues: "Come on, what are you standing there for?"

The other few white-duty constables quickly weighed the matter in their minds and felt that it was just a message-delivering errand and they would not offend the Black Wind Gang, so they followed Du Feng.

Shang Lu noticed the reactions of these people and watched them leave the Third Class Courtyard before he went to look for the two captains Niu and Ma.

When I walked into the police room, I saw the two captains of the police station were there, which was a rare sight.

Seeing Shang Lu's "embarrassed" appearance, the two captains were surprised and looked him up and down.

"I heard this morning that you were attacked by a mad dog and injured when you came back from the countryside last night. I thought it was fake news, but I didn't expect the injury to be so serious."

Captain Ma stood up and walked towards Shang Lu to check his injuries. He seemed to be concerned, but in fact he was checking whether the injuries on Shang Lu were real or fake.

He even deliberately uncovered the herbal remedies used for external application.

Shang Lu's untreated injuries came in handy at this moment.

After the snake venom was neutralized, these wounds looked no different from those caused by bites from wild beasts.

Captain Ma checked it out and found nothing wrong, so he dispelled his suspicions.

While he asked someone to get medicine for wounds, he also hypocritically reminded Shang Lu not to walk at night to avoid danger again.

After doing all this, Captain Ma frowned and asked in confusion, "Why are you here at the government office instead of recuperating at home?"

"In reply to the captain, when I was returning home to visit my relatives yesterday, I heard a strange thing on the way. I felt it was unusual and dared not neglect it, so I came to report it to the two captains..."

Shang Lu followed Captain Ma's questions and told him about the strange snake.

He certainly wouldn't say that he encountered a strange snake on the road, fought with it, and finally ate the snake's gall.

He blamed all of this on a non-existent "passerby".

"I heard from that person that Yunhua Mountain has been covered in fog recently. Occasionally, fog rolls down the mountain. No matter whether it is people or animals, once they are covered by the fog, they will disappear..."

"Someone once saw a snake-like monster hidden in the fog, but when the fog dissipated, nothing was left..."

"There are also people outside the fog who heard the cries and screams of people and animals, as well as some strange noises..."

"As far as I know, in the villages on Yunhua Mountain that were trapped by the heavy fog, few people have come down the mountain recently. I didn't see any hunters or herbalists from Yunhua Mountain at the grass market before..."

Finally, Shang Lu concluded: "I suspect there is a monster hiding in Yunhua Mountain. Please ask the two captains to report this matter and invite the witch officer to eliminate the monster to prevent more people from being harmed!"

When the witch officer comes, he can not only exorcise demons and save people, but he can also go up the mountain with them and get some snake gall to eat.

The bile of the strange snake has no other problems except that it tastes bad. It can also strengthen the eyes and is much better for improving cultivation than ordinary food.

However, after hearing Shang Lu's words, the two captains Niu and Ma shook their heads.

Captain Ma said with a straight face, "We haven't received any reports of missing persons, and no one has come to report anything to blame the Wulue people. If the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate. If no one comes to report it, it means that these things haven't happened. There are no weeds growing in the prisons in Luoshui County, and everything is peaceful."

Niu Butou also said: "Shanglu, this is just a folk rumor you heard from others. Don't take it seriously."

After a pause, he added, "There is one thing you need to understand. The performance examination is coming up soon. If evil spirits are caused at this time, whether true or false, it will not be a good thing for us or the county magistrate."

The two captains’ attitude was clear: it’s better to have less trouble than more, especially when performance evaluation is approaching.

As for whether there really were strange fogs luring people or strange snakes eating people in Yunhua Mountain, they didn't care.

Not to mention that Shang Lu only heard it "from hearsay", even if there is real evidence, we have to wait until the performance evaluation is over.

"But what if there really is an evil spirit, and we leave it alone and let things get out of hand..."

"If it gets out of hand, there will naturally be witch officials to deal with it, so we don't have to worry about it."

Captain Ma interrupted Shang Lu with a sullen look on his face.

"You should go back and prepare for your performance test. Don't look for trouble during this special period. If you give it to me, it will only cause trouble for everyone else!"

(End of this chapter)