I use myths to create immortality

Chapter 5: Thunderbolt Means, Bodhisattva's Heart

"He is Wu Dagui." Qin Yueru whispered to Ji Yuan.

"Come on, come on, my lady, come into the house and talk." Wu Dagui looked at Qin Yueru, his fat cheeks full of obscenity.

Ever since he met Qin Yueru while hunting at Shili Pavilion half a year ago, he has been thinking about this "little beauty" for a long time.

To this end, he did not hesitate to spend dozens of coins to buy the five acres of paddy fields and ten acres of mulberry forest leased by the Ji family from the old man of Shili Pavilion.

He also used twenty strings of cash as a betrothal gift to trick Qin Yueru's impoverished father.

He put a lot of thought into using this as a threat to force Qin Yueru to agree to marry him.

Now, I finally got what I wanted.

As he said that, Wu Dagui walked forward impatiently and stretched out his hand to hug Qin Yueru and go into the house.

When he was going down the stairs, he was suddenly hooked by Ji Yuan's foot who was hiding on the side, and he almost fell.

Fortunately, the servant beside him reached out quickly and pulled him up, so he didn't fall. Wu Dagui steadied himself and flew into a rage: "Who the hell is looking for death!"

"Me!" Ji Yuan, who was also tripped, rubbed his numb calves and got up from the ground.

Wu Dagui's face flashed with gloom, as if he remembered something, then he smiled and helped Ji Yuan up: "You must be Erwazi, you really look like your brother. I heard that your hysteria has been cured recently?"

"Are you Wu Dagui?" Ji Yuan asked instead of answering.

"Yes, it's me."

"Second boy, your brother has died on the battlefield. Your sister-in-law will remarry you and you will be left alone. Why don't you come and be my servant? I will ensure that you will have food and clothing."

"Haha, okay, but people in the countryside say that my sister-in-law is unlucky in marriage. That's got to wait until you're alive and can marry my sister-in-law." Ji Yuan seemed to be joking, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Wu Dagui was furious when he heard this, and his face darkened. Qin Yueru quickly said, "Children's words are innocent, don't take it to heart, Brother Wu."

"Hahaha, it's okay, it's just a kid's joke. My lady, please follow me into the house." Seeing this, Wu Dagui was too lazy to pay attention to Ji Yuan for a moment.

"Brother Wu, that's not necessary. I just want to bring my second child to see you first. You should send someone to pick me up early tomorrow." Qin Yueru forced a smile.

"Hey... isn't it the same if I enter the door today?" Wu Dagui was already impatient, and regardless of being in front of the street, he reached out his hand to grab it.

Qin Yueru was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she quickly dodged: "Wu...Brother Wu, our country custom is that you can't enter the house before passing the door, otherwise it will be unlucky for you..."

Wu Dagui was stunned when he heard this. He always believed in these things, so he withdrew his hand slowly, thinking that it was already in his mouth and he had been waiting for more than half a year, so there was no need to rush.

"Okay, okay, then I will come to pick you up in person tomorrow morning." Seeing Qin Yueru lowering her head, Wu Dagui was filled with joy.

Qin Yueru nodded, took Ji Yuan and turned to leave.

……

Before the two of them arrived in Qingtang Township, in addition to buying clothes and selling silk cloth, they stayed in an inn in the township as arranged by Ji Yuan.

As soon as they entered the inn and closed the door, Qin Yueru couldn't help asking, "Now that we've met, what are you going to do?"

"I was going to kill Wu Dagui, but I've never seen him and I'm afraid I'd kill the wrong person." Ji Yuan said nonchalantly.

He was not going to directly expose his special ability to control insects. A hard approach would not work, and a soft approach would not work either.

Then I can only do it secretly.

Currently, the range for insect control is only within one mile, so we rent an inn in Qingtang Township for convenience.

But he had never seen Wu Dagui before, he had only heard about him from others.

"What? You want to kill...kill him?" Qin Yueru exclaimed.

"Shh!"

Qin Yueru quickly shut her mouth and said in astonishment: "Murder is a capital crime and must be punished with death. You are so young, how can you..."

She herself didn't realize that she had no doubt about Ji Yuan's ability to kill Wu Dagui.

I was just surprised that Ji Yuan, at such a young age, had such a strong desire to kill.

"Humph, this beast has done so many evil things and bullied the people in the village. Just kill him and get rid of this harm." Ji Yuan frowned.

Qin Yueru heard this and said, "But... I don't want you to kill anyone. You are so young, yet you have such extraordinary skills, and you are smart and intelligent. You will definitely achieve great things in the future. If you kill people at will now, you will inevitably go astray in the future..."

"I think if you can punish him so that he doesn't dare to make things difficult for us again, that will be enough."

Ji Yuan shook his head: "Sister-in-law, you don't know. If this evil person is not eliminated, he will eventually harm the good people. We should take thunderbolt measures to show our compassion."

Qin Yueru was silent, she didn't understand what "Bodhisattva" was.

Wu Dagui relied on his status as a vagrant and would arbitrarily impose forced labor and military service on the common people if they did not give him enough benefits. He would also transfer the able-bodied men of the people to distant places thousands of miles away.

He also lent money at high interest rates and forced the sale of land and property. Although he did not kill anyone, he did cause many people to lose their families and even sell their children. Everyone in Qingtang Township was afraid of him and he was a real threat.

She felt that what Erwazi said made sense.

But she was also worried that the kind and well-behaved boy in the past, who never retorted when people scolded him and never got angry when he was beaten, would become a murderous demon once he mastered special skills.

"So, how are you going to kill him?"

"Simple... I'll let him go after it gets dark."

……

The Wu residence was brightly lit, and the boys, maids, and servants were all busy pasting red flowers and hanging red lanterns.

"Isn't it said that Miss Qin has a very strong character? You have tried to persuade her several times in the past but she refused. How come she agreed so easily and even came to see me on her own initiative..."

"What do you mean by strong-willed character? I, Aunt Wu, have lived for decades and have seen many women, but I have never seen a truly strong-willed one. Qin Yueru is just pretending to be so. To be favored by you, master, is something that many people in this area dream of." Aunt Wu sneered.

He flattered her again, "Besides, Master Wu, you are the boss of Qingtang and have an official title in the imperial court. Who among those peasants dares not to follow your wishes?"

If Aunt Wu hadn't thought she wasn't that pretty, she would have wanted to throw herself at Wu Dagui, so why would she have to play matchmaker for Qin Yueru, that 'little bitch', and let this wealth and honor go to her for nothing? "That's right, that's right!" Wu Dagui was secretly pleased with himself.

Then I thought of what I saw during the day, Ji Erwazi, who was young but neither humble nor arrogant, and always had a dignified demeanor.

Wu Dagui's expression was slightly tense: "But I always feel that there is something wrong with this child of the Ji family."

The little boy was nothing like the mentally retarded child that had been rumored before; he was thin and weak, but his eyes were bright and lively, not even like the dull eyes of ordinary villagers.

With the leather bag hanging from his waist and the gait of a dragon and a tiger, there is an inexplicable feeling of being out of this world that is hard to describe.

Wu Dagui felt vaguely familiar with it, as if he had seen the man who called himself a "Qi Refiner" from afar.

The man in my memory was wearing a red robe embroidered with strange patterns, with red hair and a green face, a gourd hanging from his waist, a whisk in his hand, and riding on the back of a huge white-haired beast. He called himself the "Qi Refiner from Zhuya Cave in Zigai Mountain".

That was more than ten years ago, when he went to the county government to hand in the yellow register of Qingtang Township, and he saw it by chance.

However, he was shocked to find that the governors and generals who controlled the lives and deaths of millions of people were all serving the "Qi Refiner" respectfully.

Then, the Qi Refiner's mount, with clouds rising from its four hooves, actually soared into the air and floated straight into the sky.

That is why, more than ten years later, that shocking scene still clearly flashes through Wu Dagui's mind from time to time.

When he met Ji Erwazi just now, he had this inexplicably familiar feeling, but he never thought about it carefully.

Now that I think about it carefully, I feel more and more that he is somewhat similar to the ethereal and mysterious "Qi Refiner" who rides a beast and a tiger.

"I heard that he was caught by lightning a few days ago, but not only was he unharmed, but after waking up, his hysteria and dementia were cured, and he became intelligent and precocious..." Wu Dagui's eyes flashed with a gleam.

"Yes, according to the local legend, the second child now is actually possessed by a demon." Aunt Wu didn't know what he meant, so she just agreed.

But he was stunned: "Master Wu, you have seen the world, you won't believe these rural rumors, right?"

"Countryside foolishness? Haha, what do you know?" Wu Dagui sneered.

As a "traveling soldier", one can often go to the city and the county government to come into contact with some important people and major events.

Others may not know, but he knows clearly that in this world, although demons and monsters are rare, they do exist and there have always been quite a few of them.

A month ago, the water level of the Lanjiang River in the neighboring county rose by 3,000 feet, drowning hundreds of thousands of people along the coast. It was rumored that there was a strange creature a hundred feet long in the water, walking on the sea and turning the waves, calling itself the "Dragon King", and demanding 3,000 young boys every year.

Now the county government still hangs up the imperial court's "water control" yellow notice,
It is said that His Majesty the King has offered a reward of ten thousand gold coins, begging the "Qi Refiner" to control the flood and kill the dragon.

Not to mention what happened far away, there were also many strange things in the thousands of miles of Wolong Ridge in Lingyang County. Few of the villagers, military officers, and herbalists who entered the mountains came back alive.

Last month, I met Shangguan of Qingtang and the governor of Ze County. The governor said that there might be a monster in Wolong Ridge, so he asked them, the county officials, to seal off the mountains and swamps and restrict the people from entering the mountains easily.

"So you don't mean to cancel the engagement, do you?" Aunt Wu looked a little embarrassed.

For this matter, she ran back and forth countless times and put in countless efforts.

If Wu Dagui wanted to cancel the engagement, wouldn't the three strings of cash he promised to her also be gone?
"Don't worry, I'm just thinking of some other things. I've decided to marry Miss Qin." Wu Dagui shook his head. Thinking of Qin Yueru's charming appearance and graceful figure, his heart was burning with desire.

"Come here, get three strings of cash for the Wu family's sister."

...

By the time we saw off Aunt Wu, who looked very satisfied, the sky had already darkened.

Wu Dagui did not go to bed to rest, but returned to the study alone, lit the oil lamp, and took out paper and pen.

"Haha, you are just a country boy. I don't care if you are really possessed by a monster or not. If I want to kill you, I don't even need to do it myself. With just one letter, I can make sure you die without a burial place. Hahaha..."

Wu Dagui sneered in his heart and checked it carefully again before stamping it with the Qingtang Youjiao seal, blowing the ink dry, and putting it into an envelope.

"Someone is coming."

"Master, what do you want me to do for you?" A servant dressed in black with a stern face stood outside the door.

"You ride a fast horse and deliver this letter to Judge Li of Zeyi overnight. It says that there is a man named Ji Er from Qingtang Township who is suspected to be possessed by an evil spirit. He is good at using sorcery to deceive the people and wantonly collect money and harm people. No one can stop him..."

The black-clad servant did not dare to be negligent. He took the letter, put it in his arms, and retreated respectfully.

"I am acting impartially. Now, even Miss Qin cannot blame me." Wu Dagui thought to himself, and was extremely satisfied with the way he handled the matter.

If he directly hires someone to kill Ji Erwazi, then Miss Qin will definitely make trouble for him in the future.

First report to the court, wait for the official document to come down, then gather the villagers and burn Ji Erwazi to death in public. He will definitely have no chance of survival, and Miss Qin will have no way to find fault with him.

As he was thinking about getting married the next morning, Wu Dagui had no intention of staying overnight with his other concubines or wives, so he rested alone on the couch.

Soon, the sky turned completely dark.

In the bedroom, Wu Dagui's thunderous snoring could be heard.

"Puff" the window paper broke, and a strange insect as big as a bean and as black as a bee flapped its wings and flew in the darkness.

Following the breath, the alien insect landed silently on Wu Dagui's upper lip.

Wu Dagui seemed to be aware of something, smacked his lips, turned over, and fell asleep again.

The insects crawled slowly and entered his body through his wide nostrils.

A few moments.

"Ugh!" A muffled groan was heard in the bedroom.

The snoring and breathing sounds all stopped.

"Buzz buzz buzz..." The insect flew out of the window along the way it came, its pitch-black shell disappearing into the night.

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