Strange Stories

Chapter 516: Real Person Thunder Punishment
"My name is Chen Niu!"

A little brown-clothed ghost appeared out of nowhere, and when it saw Lin Jue, it became alert.

"Go to Yixian and Shucun for me and see if anything has happened there."

"!"

The little devil immediately stared at him seriously.

If the person was not holding a seal but an ordinary ox talisman, it would definitely ignore him!
After a moment, the little ghost disappeared.

The junior sister then asked, "What's wrong?"

"Junior sister, do you still remember what Brother Jiang said yesterday, that the northern imperial court's army has entered Huizhou?"

"Of course I remember!" Junior Sister nodded, and understood. She glanced at the empty village below, "Brother, do you suspect that the army has reached Yi County or your hometown, or that bandits have taken advantage of the situation to cause chaos, and that someone has committed murder, burning, and looting in Yi County or your hometown?"

"Exactly!"

This is the case with the village below.

As soon as he finished saying this, Chen Niu appeared again.

The little ghost pointed over there with a serious face:

"Shucun Hengcun is at war!"

This is its magical power——

Although it is far to Huizhou, as long as there is a Chenniu Talisman or a seal, it can reach there in an instant, no matter how far away it is. Of course, its real body is in the seal most of the time. The Chenniu Talisman is usually used to summon its phantom clone, which is a magic spell, not that it has really reached thousands of miles away. However, there are Chenniu Talismans in Fuqiu Peak, Shu Village and Heng Village in Huizhou. With the help of the seal spirit on the talisman, it can also reach there in an instant, but the talisman will be scrapped.

"These soldier scoundrels!"

Lin Jue frowned deeply, a little angry.

Chen Niu said it was a war, but how could he not know what was going on?

Shucun and Hengcun were not fortresses, so what was the point of fighting? Besides, it was late at night, and many people were suffering from night blindness. Why would they go to a village to fight a night battle?
It must be because the clan villages in Huizhou have a developed culture, the villages are wealthy, and there are no city walls or garrisons. After these soldiers arrived in Huizhou, they could not resist the temptation and acted recklessly, regardless of the strict orders of the court.

"How did you know that, brother?"

"I just felt a little strange, and suddenly I thought of it!" Lin Jue said quickly, glancing down, "These two have eliminated the monster. Should I take my sister back to Huizhou for a tour first?"

"Alright!"

There was a roar of thunder, and the thunderclouds moved to the southeast.

Originally, Lin Jue had no intention of intervening in such human wars, but now that there were evil people doing evil things, things were naturally different.

……

It may seem like a long journey from Qinzhou to Huizhou, but under the thunderclouds, it only takes half an hour.

Just as Lin Jue expected and as Chen Niu said, the situation in Shu Village was slightly better at the moment, with only the army marching in under the moonlight, while Heng Village was already full of torches and flames, shouting, and pleas for mercy.

The captain rode his horse and stood at the entrance of the village, the soldiers blocked every intersection with torches, and the general was singing and dancing in a tent in the distance.

It was not surprising for armies to burn, kill and loot in those days, and it was also difficult to avoid, because the purpose of many armies fighting and the reason why those soldiers fought so hard was to loot after breaking into the city.

It is very difficult to suppress this kind of animal nature in a life-and-death struggle - he just escaped from the gates of hell, and he ties his head to his belt every day to fight for your fame, and he relies on this to vent, why can't you do it just because you say so? Therefore, this is something that many famous generals and emperors throughout history could not do. In fact, the reason why many famous generals and emperors were so good at fighting was precisely because they took advantage of this. They promised their troops to burn, kill, rob and rape as they pleased after breaking into the city, turning their soldiers into beasts and fighting desperately.

In the past, Lord Luo led the troops personally and was able to keep them under control to a good degree, not allowing horses to trample on green crops or to kill people at will. This was a strict military discipline that could be praised in history books. However, now that he has ascended the throne and has not led the army in person, these troops have naturally lost their restraints.

Fortunately, they were bound by military orders, which had some restrictive effect, so that they did not completely unleash their animal nature and take actions such as massacring a village.

There was another sentence which alarmed them greatly:
"Stop! Stop right there! Don't you know the Master Lin in the capital? Don't you know that this is Master Lin's hometown? You are acting recklessly here. Aren't you afraid that Master Lin will send down thunder and strike you?"

Many soldiers who were smashing doors and windows and looting money must have heard this sound in the chaos.

We are in the Yu Dynasty now. Among all the soldiers and generals who came from the dragon clan, who has not heard of the legend of Master Lin?

Even the captain was a little afraid when he heard this, but he was just a little afraid.

It is precisely because Master Lin is so famous that evil people fear him and good people respect him. Many people regard him as a god and place their hopes on Master Lin in times of crisis. Therefore, when these soldiers do evil things, it is common to hear the victims threaten them with Master Lin's thunder.

But it never happened.

What's more, at this moment, evil thoughts have arisen in my heart and my bestial nature has been aroused. Gold, silver, treasures and the freedom of venting are all in front of me. Even my brain is hot. How can I stop so easily?
"You dare to use Master Lin to scare me? Drag him here!"

"You dare? Do you think I'm lying to you? Master Lin is really one of us. My late father once had a friendship with him!" He was an old man in his fifties or sixties. In this day and age, this age is already gray-haired and approaching old age. He was leaning on a cane, just like his late father, not afraid of life and death, with anger on his brows and gnashing his teeth, "You are causing chaos like this, there will be punishment from heaven!"

"How dare you talk nonsense! Master Lin is clearly from the capital!"

"How could I deceive you? Master Lin is originally from Huizhou! He was born in the neighboring Shu Village! When he was young, he went out to seek the truth, and my father helped him!"

Many soldiers holding swords stopped upon hearing this.

The lieutenant heard him speak so forcefully, raised his eyebrows and glared, and couldn't help but feel a little frightened. But then he thought again, and felt something was wrong. His anger and anger rose again. "What nonsense! Shu Village's surname is Shu, your surname is Wang, and Master Lin's surname is Lin. How can you be from Shu Village! What's more, Master Lin is a deity who descended from heaven and has lived for hundreds of years. How can he be young?"

"You can ask the villagers or go to Shu Village!" The old man slammed his cane on the ground. "In my house, I still have the talisman paper that Master Lin gave me. After burning it, I can lead people to find the master. You can stop now and take the stolen gold and silver and leave. There is still time!"

“Take me to see it!”

The captain still didn't believe it, but he was also shocked.

But when I followed the old man into the house, I found that, not to mention whether a piece of talisman paper could be identified as being left by Master Lin, there wasn't even this piece of talisman paper -

It was a fine mahogany box, containing an empty small jade bottle and a piece of ash. It was said that the empty small jade bottle was the elixir that Master Lin had given them. Only the bottle was left, and the so-called talisman paper that could point to Master Lin was the piece of ash.

The old man was immediately shocked.

Because he had just opened it and looked at it two days ago, and the talisman paper was placed inside intact, so why did it turn into ashes now?
Poor old man, just by burning the talisman, he could find out Master Lin’s current residence, but he didn’t know that burning the talisman could also let Master Lin know.

The captain was furious!
With a sound of chopping, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed.

But at this moment, there was a sudden rumble of thunder.

"Rumble..."

The thunderous sound was so deep and deafening that it made his whole body tremble.

The more guilty a person is at this moment, the more frightened he will be.

The captain ran out with a long sword in hand, and saw that many soldiers with bulging arms had expressions of fear on their faces. The bright moon in the sky had disappeared at some point, and the burning ancestral hall in the village reflected a dark cloud above their heads that stretched for who knows how far and was still expanding rapidly, with lightning flashing in it.

Is what the old man said true?

The captain suddenly felt a little frightened.

"No, no, no, it's just a coincidence, the situation has just changed." The captain kept comforting himself and his soldiers.

At this moment, he looked up and saw a human figure faintly revealed in the clouds when the thunderclouds and lightning flashed.

"There is someone in the cloud!"

"Is it a god?"

"Don't be afraid! We have gods to protect us too!"

"It's Master Lin..."

The crowd below was shouting.

At this time, Taoist Yunshang was already furious.

The village below was one he had been to before, those roads he had walked on before, those houses were in his memory, and even the ancestral hall that was on fire was where he had lived. These soldiers not only looted and plundered money, but also killed people and set fire. How could he tolerate this?
"Fellow Daoist Leiyun, there is a group of evil people here. Since you can distinguish between good and evil, please separate those who kill innocent people and commit serious crimes. Punish the evil and promote the good. This will also serve as a warning to other soldiers and bandits here!"

Everyone saw a figure above the thundercloud pointing downwards -

Suddenly, an extremely bright bolt of lightning came down, splitting into countless layers and landing in the courtyard of a house.

A soldier who was committing violence fell to the ground immediately!

The thunder and lightning disappeared in an instant, but it seemed that there was still light and shadow left in the night. After a moment, a deafening thunder was heard.

Then the next bolt of lightning struck.

Is Master Lin really here?
The villagers all looked up in a daze, but the captain and his soldiers, on the other hand, had fear in their eyes.

At the moment of life and death, there is no animal nature or evil thoughts. They all disappear completely, leaving only fear.

Some people immediately dropped their weapons and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

Some people knew that they had committed a serious sin and fled in a hurry, with the gold and silver valuables in their arms falling to the ground.

Some people looked for cellars to hide in.

Some people also recited the gods they worshipped in the past.

The captain quickly jumped onto his horse, and fled in fear. With every jerk of his horse, he thought of the evil things he had done along the way, and he just wanted to run faster.

However, the next lightning was aimed at him.

"boom!"

The captain's body immediately stiffened, black smoke came out of his mouth, and he fell down.

But this thunder and lightning was really strange. The man on the horse was killed, but the horse just fell to the ground and got up soon.

(End of this chapter)