mtl008 Chapter 2072: Vague
Chapter 2072: Vague
"What the Taoist priest calculated before was also a secret of heaven. After collecting so much money from incense offerings, can't you break the shackles of heaven?" Wan Shufang pressed on step by step, not giving him any chance to retreat.
In response to this, Xu Zhu's forehead was already covered with sweat and his hands were clenched into fists.
"Anyway, I can't interfere in matters of childbirth." He gave up and answered vaguely, causing confusion among everyone.
The crowd was talking about it, all questioning Xu Zhu's ability, which made Xu Zhu look very unhappy. At this time, Chen Changli also directly told them where the cave was.
When everyone heard that the cave was on fire, they were all shocked and were mobilized by Chen Changli to follow him to the cave. Xu Zhu was too late to stop them and was forced to follow.
Chen Changli led his men to the cave. At this moment, the fire had become much smaller after burning all night.
"It's really on fire, everyone, put it out quickly."
"Put out the fire quickly."
"This is where Xu Zhu killed people and hid the bodies. Now that the fire is out, everyone can take a good look at what's inside." Chen Changli said in a cold voice. Those people were slightly startled, but did not say anything and continued to help put out the fire.
Only Xu Zhu was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down: "He is talking nonsense. I think he is the murderer. He actually slandered my good name!"
"You, all of you go catch him." Xu Zhu was flustered and spoke without thinking, looking like a clown.
Seeing this, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. With the help of the people, the last bit of fire was finally extinguished, revealing the original appearance of the cave.
There were many bones lying on the ground. Chen Changli pointed at them and said coldly, "These are the evidence. Xu Zhu killed them and buried them here."
When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked, and they all looked at Xu Zhu with wide eyes.
“Is…is this true?”
"Master Xuzhu has killed so many people, yet he still tricked us into giving him money for incense offerings."
"Maybe there's some misunderstanding. The Taoist priest isn't that kind of person."
Everyone was talking at once, saying all sorts of things. Seeing that the people did not believe Chen Changli's words, Xu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Chen Changli fiercely: "Evidence is needed to investigate a crime. Why did you two frame me like this?"
"I have been performing rituals these past two days. I have no time to kill anyone, and I have never left the temple. The people can all testify to this." He pointed at a few people in the crowd and said, "They are the ones who have been asking me to tell their fortunes these past few days."
After hearing this, the few people who were named suddenly realized and nodded vigorously.
"Yes, the Taoist priest is right. After the ceremony, he will also tell fortunes for other people."
“So we all went and begged.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the people around them immediately showed an expression of "I see, that's what it is" and started praising Taoist Xu Zhu again. The local people and the county magistrate were superstitious to begin with, and Qingfeng Temple had been standing for too long, so at this moment, they all chose to believe Xu Zhu.
"Master Xuzhu has been very helpful to Yunfeng County. This matter must be a misunderstanding."
"Yes, yes, we must not wrongly accuse a good person."
"Master Xu Zhu has a kind heart. These corpses definitely have nothing to do with Master Xu Zhu."
Seeing that everyone's attitude had changed, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang hesitated to speak and finally said nothing. They decided to wait a while. Looking at the smug look on Xu Zhu's face, Wan Shufang gritted her teeth.
"Let him be proud for a few more days. Anyway, we have made other arrangements." She said this in a low voice, and no one else heard it except Chen Changli who was standing next to her.
Knowing that Wan Shufang was angry, Chen Changli gently stroked her palm as if to comfort her.
The crowd dispersed and the two returned to the inn.
In the next few days, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang did not go out, and several natural disasters occurred in Yunfeng County. The people went to Xu Zhu for predictions, but without the cave, Xu Zhu seemed to be at the end of his rope, as several of his predictions were wrong.
Rumors spread among the people and the people began to distrust him. Xu Zhu became upset when he noticed the change in people's attitude and locked himself in the temple and refused to go out.
"Damn it, these idiots, what right do they have to question me? If the cave hadn't been burned and the goddess' portrait hadn't been destroyed, I wouldn't have made so many mistakes..."
The goddess is Xu Zhu's only belief. All his prophecies rely on the goddess' care...
This was engraved in Xu Zhu's bones. When he thought of the current chaos, Xu Zhu felt more and more uncomfortable and swept away all the things like a madman.
"Goddess, please, protect me one more time..." Xu Zhu suppressed his anger and worshipped devoutly toward the window before climbing into bed to sleep, hoping to dream of the goddess again.
And the other side.
Wan Shufang also heard the rumors and felt that the time was right, so she deliberately wrote a note, stuffed it into the fish's stomach, and placed the fish in the pond where Xu Zhu was sitting in the temple.
The next morning.
Xu Zhu walked out of the temple in the morning light. Just as he passed the western pond, he saw a fish swimming ashore, its tail flapping against the pond bank.
The sound successfully stopped Xu Zhu. He lowered his head and saw the note in the fish's mouth. His expression froze, "What is this? Is it a revelation from the goddess?"
After he finished speaking, the man immediately smiled, squatted down, and took the note out of the fish's mouth.
There were only two short sentences written on the note.
"Xu Zhu, you haven't killed enough people. You need to kill enough people before I can be resurrected. The cave was burned before because you were not sincere enough. Xu Zhu, please don't let me down again."
Seeing these words, Xu Zhu paused, thinking that this was a reminder from the goddess. He clenched the paper tightly, and when he thought of his current situation where he was unable to move forward, a dark light flashed in his eyes.
"My Lady Goddess, I will definitely help you revive!"
Helping the goddess to resurrect is also helping himself. As long as he can achieve enlightenment and ascend to become an immortal, all problems can be easily solved.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhu no longer hesitated. He put the note close to his body and went back to the house. He stayed in the house all day.
It was not until nightfall that he picked up a machete and rushed into the village. He seemed to be controlled by something and started to chop anyone he saw.
"Ahhh, murder, murder."
"Master Xuzhu has gone crazy. Quick, run."
"Call the police, report to the police quickly."
Xu Zhu injured several people, his eyes were bloodshot, and there was a lot of blood on the ground. The people fled in panic and chaos occurred.
At this moment, Chen Changli and Wan Shufang hurriedly arrived with soldiers. Seeing Xu Zhu holding a knife and killing people indiscriminately, Chen Changli's face became serious and he involuntarily stood in front of Wan Shufang.
"Shufang, be careful."
"I'm fine. Go and arrest him quickly and don't let him continue to hurt the people." Wan Shufang said this to the officers and soldiers. She had already gone to the county magistrate's office and mobilized troops.
The officers and soldiers took the order and rushed forward immediately, surrounding Xu Zhu who was bent on killing people. Blood dripped from the machetes onto the ground, looking extremely horrifying.