Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 208: The Impact of Public Suspension

Shang Lu was completely confused after hearing this.

He could still tolerate what was said before about him having a green face and fangs, having three heads and six arms, and being ten feet tall and having a waist of ten feet.

But how come there is a story about a golden spear challenging a banshee?
What do you mean by exciting? That's a real golden gun, a real pick? Why do I feel like the wheels of a car are rolling over my face?
And how come I didn't know that my golden spear had stabbed the banshee? This has never happened before, are you going to make up for it?
Shang Lu forced himself not to cause trouble for the passerby.

He turned around and asked the constable and county soldiers behind him: "Do you know that there is a teahouse called Yuhuchun in the county town?"

Tu Bin and other county soldiers all shook their heads.

They were all transferred from the border troops. After arriving in Luoshui County, they were either sent to garrison Yunhua Mountain or patrol everywhere. They rarely stayed in the county town.

Among the detectives, there are a few who know this place.

Just as they were about to speak, Du Feng took the lead and answered:
"Sir, I know this Yuhuchun Teahouse. It is located in the market town in the west of the city. They often invite storytellers and opera troupes to perform. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake they make is unique. It is sweet but not greasy. It is delicious when paired with a bowl of tea..."

Shang Lu was in no mood to listen to him bragging about Yuhuchun's tea and snacks, so he interrupted, "Okay. When you get back to the county, go to the Yuhuchun Teahouse and tell their boss that storytelling is fine, and performing arts processing is also fine. But dramatizing is not nonsense, and adaptation is not random fabrication. Don't make the story too exaggerated!"

Du Feng was stunned for a moment. Although he crossed his hands in agreement, he was very surprised in his heart and thought to himself:

"What does your Excellency mean? Did the man at Yuhuchun Teahouse say something bad to make him angry? But when did he go to Yuhuchun? How come I haven't seen him before?"

He couldn't hear the conversation of passers-by in the distance, so he was naturally confused.

Although Du Feng was puzzled, he did not ask too many questions. He just waited until he returned to the county town to pass on the message to Yuhuchun and listen to what they were saying.

It was almost dusk when Shang Lu and his companions returned to the outskirts of the county town.

After bidding farewell to Shang Lu, Feng Nan and Xu Tai led the county soldiers back to the military camp outside the city.

Shang Lu took Du Feng and other constables and continued to go into the city.

From a distance, Shang Lu saw the row of heads hanging on the top of the city wall.

Behind each head, there was a wooden board with the name and crime written on it.

Of course, people passing through the city gate could not see clearly what was written on the wooden board because of the distance.

But it doesn’t matter, there is a group of crows perched on top of the city wall.

These crows should have been arranged by the witch. Each of them could speak human language and use sharp and high-pitched voices to tell the names and crimes of each head one by one.

The crows were quite orderly, speaking one by one from left to right. Although their accents were a little strange, they were clear and understandable, and not chaotic.

When Shang Lu and his companions arrived at the city gate, a crow was speaking in a strange human accent:

"This prisoner is called Wang Po. She helps people deliver babies as a midwife. However, she always casts a curse on pregnant women when they are giving birth, causing the mother and the baby to become seriously ill a few days later. She then goes to their homes to sell medicine and extort money. If you don't buy medicine from her, both mother and child will die. She will also dig up graves and steal corpses, turning them into ghosts..."

Hearing this, a beggar on the roadside outside the city suddenly raised his head, stared at Wang Po's head for a moment, and burst into tears. Then, like a madman, he picked up stones from the ground and smashed Wang Po's head hanging on the top of the city wall.

The beggar was quickly caught by the guards at the city gate.

After some questioning, I found out that the beggar originally owned several acres of land and had a happy family.

Half a year ago, his wife gave birth and asked Wang Po to help with the delivery.

Everything was normal at first, but when the child was one month old, both mother and child suddenly fell ill, with sores all over their bodies and bleeding profusely.

Just when the beggar was about to go and ask for a doctor, Wang Po suddenly came and helped with the treatment.

After taking Wang Po's medicine, the mother and child's conditions improved a lot, and the sores disappeared.

But you must take Wang Po's medicine every day, otherwise the disease will relapse.

Soon, Wang Po drained all his savings from him, and even mortgaged his land. Without money and medicine, his wife and children's condition worsened immediately, and they died within two days.

The day before, he buried his wife and children with great pain. The next day, when he went to burn paper, he found that the grave had been dug up and the bodies were gone.

This man had always believed that it was because of his incompetence that he had no money to treat his wife and children's illnesses, and no money to buy them a good coffin. This was why his wife and children died of sudden illness, and after their death, their graves were dug up by wild dogs and hungry wolves.

From then on, he became crazy and lived by begging.

It was not until today, after listening to the story told by the crow on the city wall, that he suddenly realized that everything was a trap set by Wang Po!

Even if you have a fortune, this old lady Wang will destroy your family!

After telling his story while crying, the beggar broke free from the guards at the city gate, knelt on the ground, kowtowed several times towards the city, and cried:
"Thank you, Lord County Lieutenant, for avenging my wife and children! From now on, I will pray to the gods every day, praying that Lord County Lieutenant will live a hundred years, suppress more demons, and eliminate more evil!"

A group of onlookers gathered around the beggar.

Shang Lu did not go over to join in the fun. He just sighed lightly and asked Du Feng to go over and give the beggar some money. Then he led the constables into the city.

When the guard at the city gate saw Shang Lu, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but was stopped by Shang Lu with a wave of his hand.

If his identity were to be exposed now, it would definitely attract a crowd of onlookers.

After entering the county town, Shang Lu looked back at the beggar who was still crying bitterly, and suddenly felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Du Feng squeezed into the crowd and took out a hundred yuan and gave it to the beggar: "This is what the county lieutenant asked me to give you. He heard what you said. The dead are gone, but life must go on."

"Thank you, Your Excellency the County Lieutenant. Thank you, Your Excellency the County Lieutenant." The beggar held the money and knelt on the ground again, tears streaming down his face.

Even if some people who were watching the fun were jealous of the money, they did not dare to make any rash plans after hearing what Du Feng said.

The Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant is not only good at suppressing demons, he is also ruthless when it comes to killing thieves and bandits.

Du Feng took a lot of effort to squeeze out of the crowd. He did not return to the county government office, but went to the market in the west of the city to pass on a message to the owner of Yuhuchun.

When Shang Lu returned to the county government office, he was seen from afar by the strong bailiffs guarding the door, who came forward to greet him with a salute.

When the pedestrians on the street outside the yamen heard the strong yamen runners call "Sir County Lieutenant", they all turned their eyes to Shang Lu, wanting to see whether the "Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant" really had a green face and fangs and three heads and six arms.

But when they saw how handsome he was, they were all stunned.

"Is this the 'Demon Suppression County Lieutenant'? Isn't he said to be more burly than a bear and more ferocious than a demon? How come he is a handsome young man? But you know what, just looking at this face, the banshee is really uneasy."

"What do you know? Three heads and six arms, green face and fangs, those are all magical powers, which are only used to deal with demons and evil spirits. We are all law-abiding citizens, and the Demon-Suppressing County Lieutenant will naturally not use such appearances to scare us."

How can this be explained? You guys are really good at making up stories!

Shang Lu felt speechless, but he couldn't scold those guys who were whispering. He could only speed up and enter the county government office. He handed Heiyun to the officer who came to meet him and took him to the stable, while he went to the county lieutenant's office.

On the way, the runners and clerks in the county government heard that Shang Lu had returned, and they all came out to pay their respects.

Everyone's attitude showed a little more awe and fear than before.

Shang Lu killed so many evil heretics at once and hung their heads for public display. He was truly cruel.

Ever since a row of heads were hung on the city walls, petty thefts have decreased a lot.

When the people in the county government saw Shang Lu, they thought of those rows of heads. It was impossible for them to not be respectful and afraid.

What Shang Lu didn't expect was that beheading and displaying the head in public actually brought another benefit.

(End of this chapter)