After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

The beginning of the human sacrifice was a secret to Fang Nanzhi, but not to County Magistrate Luo.

He had already found out and had a talk with his now lively son.

Luo Chi stood in the study feeling uneasy when his father suddenly said he wanted to check his schoolwork during this period.

She had been looking at his homework for half an hour without saying anything.

This is the most uncomfortable thing.

County Magistrate Luo glanced at his son, who was as obedient as a quail, and snorted coldly.

"not bad."

Luo Chi immediately smiled happily: "It's all because of your good teachings, Dad."

This is pure flattery. Usually, County Magistrate Luo is busy at the county government office. How could he have time to take care of his youngest son?

"Stop smiling so frivolously. Let me ask you, is your strange illness completely cured?"

"Okay, didn't the doctor say it all? Thanks to your wisdom and bravery, Dad, you have eradicated the illegal forces in the mountain temple." Luo Chi became more cautious.

"Humph, is it your father who is wise and powerful, or you little ones who are so audacious?"

County Magistrate Luo smiled.

Luo Chixin was very proud, his eyes were full of confusion, and he pretended to be very innocent.

"Dad, what did you say?"

"You know what I am saying." Seeing him like this, County Magistrate Luo did not force him.

He had met several people from the Sima family and had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

I think the children's strange illness was not caused by the mountain temple, but by human beings.

Because they had previously sent people to inquire about the human sacrifice, and the secret protector around Xu Shan was also arranged by their friends.

After this back and forth, some things became clear.

It must be that the children were upset after learning about the human sacrifice. Young people are like this, their blood is still hot and they cannot stand injustice.

He teamed up with Doctor Fang to set up the scheme.

After much thought, County Magistrate Luo concluded that the only thing that could cause the young men to develop a strange disease that the doctors could not detect was the secret medicine of the imperial physician.

After all, when Doctor Fang was opening the mountain, he took out his medicine bag and wiped out the wolf pack in one fell swoop.

County Magistrate Luo's guess was almost correct, except for one thing: he didn't think Fang Nanzhi was the mastermind.

He didn't care much about a young lady.

He thought his son had grown up and was able to come up with such a comprehensive plan.

"No matter what you do in the future, you must not harm your body. Your mother has been crying all day long because of you. This is your fault as a child!" County Magistrate Luo said with a serious expression.

Although he was rude to his wife, he still did not allow his children to be unfilial.

"My son knows he is wrong." This time, Luo Chi did not play dumb and admitted his mistake honestly.

County Magistrate Luo was quite satisfied and gave him a word of advice: "You were quite clever this time. You thought of a backup plan and divided the power of the Mountain God Temple."

"Do you know what the consequences will be if you attack the mountain temple directly?"

Luo Chi pursed his lips and said nothing.

He privately felt that only when such a bewitching cult as the Mountain God Temple was eradicated could he feel at ease.

As if seeing what he was thinking, County Magistrate Luo sighed and gave him some advice.

"Do you know how the human sacrifice incident fifty years ago came about?"

Luo Chi shook his head.

"Fifty years ago, the winter was exceptionally long and cold. Not only in the mountains, but also in Puliu Town, many people froze to death."

"During a minor snowstorm, the county magistrate requested disaster relief from higher authorities, but received no response. He gritted his teeth and opened his warehouse to make porridge for disaster relief, but it only lasted ten days. The warehouse was empty, and more and more people were starving and freezing."

"The county magistrate decided that we could only organize manpower and risk large-scale winter mountain hunting once."

"The mountain temple agreed, but is it easy to enter the mountains in winter? The first group of people who went in all died."

"The people were in chaos, questioning the court and the mountain temple. The county magistrate felt that even if it was dangerous, he had to continue to open up the mountain and put pressure on the mountain temple."

"The child prodigy at the time proposed human sacrifice in order to stabilize the mountain temple's followers and to appease the county magistrate. He said the first batch of people died tragically because the mountain god was dissatisfied with the sacrifices."

Needless to say, Luo Chi's face turned pale.

The county magistrate must have turned a blind eye.

After the human sacrifice, the harvest from several mountain excavations saved many local people.

"They are so careless about human life. They can just organize people to go into the mountains directly. Why do they need to use the name of the mountain temple..."

"They're just using each other. The county magistrate needs to use the mountain temple to win over the people, and the mountain temple also wants to increase its prestige."

County Magistrate Luo had a calm expression.

The county magistrate at that time had just taken office and was unable to organize a large number of hunters to willingly go into the mountains.

"Quibbling, if you said you had no choice the first time, then what about later?"

Luo Chi looked unhappy.

County Magistrate Luo just looked at him quietly without saying a word.

Luo Chi seemed to understand something.

Later, it became selfish.

If the divination of the child prodigy is inaccurate and does not produce the desired effect, they will declare that the sacrifice was not good enough.

Use human sacrifice. If the first sacrifice fails, and the boy and girl are disrespectful to the mountain god, find another pair...

One day, the mountain opening will go smoothly.

Luo Chi felt a chill on his back and broke out in a cold sweat. It turned out to be a crooked way.

Seeing that he understood, County Magistrate Luo was satisfied: "Fortunately, this time the prodigy still has a conscience. After reading the records of his ancestors, he realized that human sacrifice was just a means for the mountain temple to consolidate its prestige. He has always been dissatisfied with this."

"Otherwise, it wouldn't be so easy for your father and I to join forces with him."

Luo Chi frowned.

"Dad, this time the Prodigy doesn't approve of human sacrifice, but there's still a next one. What if he has other ideas? This cult needs to be eradicated as soon as possible."

How can such a thing be completely based on the good or evil of human hearts?

"Why are you in such a hurry? Even if you want to eradicate it, you have to take your time."

County Magistrate Luo felt that his son was not calm enough.

"Did you know that the county magistrate fifty years ago later became the prime minister? Although he has retired now, his children and grandchildren are still in the officialdom, each holding a high position."

"If I bring all these things out at once, will your father still have his head?"

Luo Chi was stunned, and then he began to understand that this was the biggest risk of directly eradicating the mountain temple.

What happened back then was a scandal for the old man who already held a high position and his descendants.

They may not necessarily protect the mountain temple, for they are afraid that the mountain temple will become desperate and involve the old man.

Therefore, the best way is to boil the frog in warm water and quietly weaken the power of the mountain temple.

Luo Chi took a deep breath and felt that the officialdom was not so beautiful.

"My son understands."

Magistrate Luo nodded and let him go.

It is good for young people to be energetic, but if they are too reckless, they will only end up with broken noses.

The matter was resolved and Fang Nanzhi was about to leave.

Before leaving, she held a banquet at a restaurant and invited Luo Chi, Sima Che and others.

Several young men came. They had been pretending to be sick for these days and were bored.

"Doctor Fang, putting everything else aside, isn't it harmful to our bodies if we keep vomiting blood with the pills you gave us?"

Sima Che spoke first.

He thought that since he had vomited so much blood, he needed to replenish his body.

"Don't worry, it won't have any impact. My medicine is just a little weird, it won't hurt your body." Fang Nanzhi vowed.