This Liao Zhai is not right

Just as Judge Wen said, there were only a few dozen coins in the box, so he threw all the rusty copper coins and a few pieces of silver that he had looted today into the box. It was unheard of for a god to go to the extent of adding money to the merit box himself.

Suddenly, a strange noise was heard in the City God Temple, where one could hear a pin drop at night. It immediately attracted Chang'e's attention. Her slightly red eyes were filled with confusion and ignorance.

Su Su knocked the merit box several times with great force.

With the sound of "dong dong", the merit box began to shake continuously.

Such a strange scene frightened Chang'e so much that her face turned pale.

Su Su didn't have any intention of teasing her. Seeing that he had attracted attention, he kicked his lower limbs, overturned the merit box and threw out the two gold ingots he had carried with him.

Looking at the two shining gold ingots that rolled down to her feet as the merit box fell, Chang'e reached out and gently covered her lips, her eyes full of disbelief.

Then he squatted down as if in a dream and picked up two gold ingots. He weighed them carefully and found that the two gold ingots weighed at least 100 taels.

"Took the bait!"

Chang'e pursed her lips and smiled softly, like a bright moon in the sky, completely erasing her originally sad and haggard look.

Su Su suddenly felt a chill rising from his back when he saw this. He almost couldn't wrap his mind around it. "Took the bait? What bait?"

"Now that the City God has sent the betrothal gifts, my mother will certainly be happy. Marriage is destined by heaven, and Guanghan Eleventh Aunt will be married soon." Chang'e half-parted her rosy lips and uttered words that were so frightening that one would die.

The unexpected speed of Liao Zhai.

It was only their third meeting, but they were already discussing marriage.

Although Su Su didn't understand, he was deeply shocked.

Su Su, who realized that he had been tricked, had no idea that the person who made him feel uncomfortable was clearly Chang'e. With such a horrifying feeling, he must have known that his true identity had long been exposed to her.

"But...but I'm just a fox!"

as predicted.

Chang'e was not surprised at all by Su Shu's words. She still spoke in a terrifying tone: "Most mortals in this world have dirty minds. I have just awakened to my past life and my magical powers are limited. It will be very laborious to deal with it. If I accidentally create karma, it will be difficult to repay. So what's wrong with foxes?"

Something is wrong with you.

There are actually people in this world who are interested in white-haired foxes!

"There are so many fox spirits, they don't necessarily have to look for me." After calming down, Su Su felt a chill in his heart.

Ever since Chang'e entered Guobei County on a donkey cart, her every word and action, whether it was her act of breaking into the City God Temple alone in the middle of the night to cry, or Mrs. Lin's aggressive attitude when she demanded that she provide a betrothal gift of fifty taels of gold.

One thing after another was linked together, and the ultimate purpose was to trick Su Su into giving her the gold to help her escape.

Could it be that these two gold bars have some unspeakable special meaning?

When they first met, Su Su had just seized the position of land god of Guobei County from Li Dingyuan. How could he have deserved such horrible acting skills from Chang'e to lure him into the trap?

"It's a long story. I was originally Chang'e in Guanghan Palace. Now the world is in chaos and the gods in heaven are having their own troubles. How can Guanghan Palace in the Moon Palace be free from the world? I was banished to the mortal world and should have been floating in the secular world until the end of my term to awaken to my past life and return to the Moon Palace. However, after entering Guobei City, I was moved by the power of the City God and awakened to my past life ahead of time. This is how the cause and effect was formed."

"It is said that marriage is destined by heaven and has no influence on human beings."

As the moonlight shone on her body, Chang'e's frozen skin was covered with a jade-like luster, so bright that it seemed to reveal the bright moonlight, leaving no doubt as to the truthfulness of the saying that she was the Guanghan Fairy who was demoted to the mortal world.

Su Fu was dumbfounded when he heard the voice.

I just passed by you, and this marriage is already determined?

Isn't it a bit too hasty?

It was originally thought that the most ruthless person in Guobei County was Yan Chixia, who killed the tree demon grandma without taking any action himself but only relied on the sword bag he carried with him. However, Su Su never expected that his unintentional action would accidentally awaken Chang'e who was banished to the mortal world.

If that’s the case, can the tree demon who’s committing crimes in Lanruo Temple just wash her neck and prepare to die?

Putting aside the so-called marriage that catches people off guard, this is indeed good news.

As if seeing through Su Su's thoughts, Chang'e frowned slightly, tapped the gold ingot in her hand, and said, "I just realized my past life. Even that greedy and evil mother was powerless to resist, so how could I deal with the transformed monster in Lanruo Temple?"

The gold content of the thighs drops dramatically.

This is not as good as Yan Chixia!

“If the City God is willing to use his divine power to help me communicate with the spirit and return to my original nature, I think it will be possible to deal with that transformed monster.” After revealing her identity and taking the initiative, Chang'e's seemingly delicate and slender personality became increasingly difficult to detect, and even had a tendency to gradually become worse.

I said you were beating around the bush, but it turns out you had this idea.

Su Fu managed to calm down, nodded and promised: "This is easy to do, just give me an amount."

"I will need a lot of divine power. As the City God is not in the right position at this moment and has not recovered from his injuries, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to continue."

Since Chang'e could see through Su Su's fox body at a glance, she knew that it had only taken over the position of land god of Guobei County from Li Dingyuan and had not officially replaced the City God.

Her beautiful eyes were eager, and her cold gaze saw through it. "The great demon in Lanruo Temple has not yet reached the stage of transformation. I can borrow her power for the time being. When the status of the City God is stable and she has shed her demon body, it will not be too late for me to take her."

Chapter 20: White Lotus Sect

Su Fu was keenly aware of the hidden meaning in Chang'e's words.

"The status of the City God is stable... So I took the post of the land god of Guobei County from that insect Li Dingyuan, so I am essentially the City God of Guobei County. The reason I failed to successfully replace the post is because other conditions have not been met?"

"But then again, the judge in the temple said that Guan Yu is the supervisor of the City God, and Yama is the examiner of the Earth God. If I rashly take his place, I might alarm them."

When Chang'e heard Su Fu's belated response, she smiled and continued, "Didn't I just say that troubled times are coming? Even the gods in heaven can't escape their own disasters, let alone the underworld? They are busy with their own affairs now, how can they care about you?"

No wonder the local gods in various places within Guobei County either died tragically or seemed to have never existed, leaving only the insect city god Li Dingyuan, the civil and military judges, and dozens of yamen runners and ghost soldiers huddled in the city god temple.

Su Fu's horrifying thoughts that had been on his mind for a long time came to mind again after hearing Chang'e's words.

If someone else had told Su Fu about the secrets of the gods in heaven and the underworld, he would have certainly thought they were just nonsense, but what Chang'e said were almost all indisputable facts.

He quickly asked again: "What happened in the underworld?"

"Do you know that the underworld is guarded by the Ten Kings of Hell, who are in charge of reincarnation, rewarding the good and punishing the evil?" Chang'e spoke slowly and carefully explained the origin of the underworld.

Su Su was naturally aware of this common information. Before she could continue, he interrupted her and said, "I know this. The ten Yama Kings in the underworld are: the first palace Qin Guang Wang, the second palace Chu Jiang Wang, the third palace Song Di Wang, the fourth palace Wu Guan Wang, the fifth palace Yama Wang, the sixth palace Bian Cheng Wang, the seventh palace Tai Shan Wang, the eighth palace Metropolitan Wang, the ninth palace Ping Deng Wang, and the tenth palace Zhuan Lun Wang. I just don't know what the turmoil in the underworld has to do with them?"

"With these ten Yama Kings guarding the underworld, there will certainly be no chaos. But what if I say that they are all dead and reincarnated?"

These words are not only terrifying when you think about them carefully, but they are also enough to make you terrified.

The Ten Kings of Hell, who are in charge of the underworld, suffered heavy casualties and were lined up to reincarnate. Even if all the land gods and city gods in this remote area of Guobei County were eaten alive by monsters, the impact would be far less than one ten-millionth of that.

"The Ten Kings of Hell...are almost all dead?" Su Su was a little bit unbelievable.

Such a secret is shocking.

However, Chang'e did not answer Su Fu's question immediately, but continued to speak softly: "It's not just the Ten Kings of Hell. In ancient times, the evil god Chi You's remaining soul broke through the seal. Even the eternal emperor like Tai Huaqing also died, leaving only a few wisps of soul to enter the reincarnation and reincarnate to cultivate again."

"As for Guan Sheng, before I was banished to the mortal world, I heard that Guan Sheng was still fighting against the remaining soul of Chi You. The underworld is leaderless, and the ghost kings and big demons have risen up to dominate. Moreover, the chaotic times are coming. If there is any mistake, it will be a catastrophe of heaven and earth."

It turns out that the old man in the straw raincoat and hat who wanted to kill the fox and steal the elixir but was stabbed to death by Su Su was not lying. Before the chaos in the human world, the underworld had already updated its chaotic version.

But what's the point of saying this now?

I'm just a white-haired fox!

The tree demon grandma of Lanruo Temple is already unable to deal with it, and knowing more secrets will only add to your troubles.

Su Su stopped there and did not ask any more questions.

Instead, Chang'e encouraged him with a half-smile: "Knowing that the underworld is in turmoil and that Guandi Emperor has no time to take care of other things, shouldn't the City God be tempted?"

What are you thinking?

Take advantage of the fact that most of the Ten Kings of Hell have been reincarnated, and then sneak into the underworld to replace all of their divine positions?

Even if it succeeds, he will replace Yama, the god who is in charge of the underworld.

There is no guarantee that the remaining soul of Chi You, who was conquered by Guan Yu, would make a surprise attack. At that time, the weak, pitiful and helpless Su Su might not even have the chance to reincarnate.

So say it.

Personal efforts are important, but we must also consider whether the course of history allows it.

For now, it is more pragmatic to lie down and wait for worship in Guobei County.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Su Su denied it three times in a row.

But Chang'e's smile became even brighter.

"It's getting late. I will return to the inn to hand over the betrothal gifts to my mother. The City God also needs to make preparations early."

The moonlight that poured into the City God Temple quietly disappeared. When he looked back, Chang'e had already left with the betrothal gift of two gold bars.

Su Su couldn't help but doubt his life.

"Is this the speed of Liao Zhai... I've heard of forced marriages, but I've never heard of tricking someone into giving a betrothal gift and forcing them to marry. The tricks in the city are really too complicated!"

No sleep for one night.

Even when the sky brightened and the civil and military judges and yamen runners who had been patrolling outside the city returned to the temple, Su Su was still unable to recover.

On one side is the power of incense and prayers at the City God Temple, which can be seen but not eaten; on the other side is the fairy Chang'e, who says that marriage is predestined and that Guanghan Eleventh Lady will be married soon.

Su Su just felt tired and unloved. He would definitely not believe Chang'e's lies that she was awakened from her past life by his divine power.

Upon closer thought, the fact that Mrs. Lin took Chang'e to Yangzhou to seek marriage with the powerful Zong family from Taiyuan meant that Zong Zimei, who was in Yangzhou, must have something that attracted Chang'e.

After seeing himself, Chang'e immediately gave up her plan to go to Yangzhou, which undoubtedly meant that the reason why Zong Zimei attracted Chang'e was far less than what he had.

Something that he and Zong Zimei have in common, but in which he is far superior to Zong Zimei...

It can't be that I am a fox and the other person is a human, right?

Because he had never seen Zong Zimei in person, Su Su could not easily draw a conclusion.

I can't live this day.

Or just run away!

"Report to the City God."

Judge Wen, who had just returned from patrol, appeared in front of Su Su and said solemnly, "During our night patrol, we discovered that the father and son who performed magic tricks in front of the City God Temple yesterday were members of the White Lotus Sect."

The hometown of vacuum is the mother of no birth.

The White Lotus Sect believes in the incarnation of Maitreya, but its followers are of mixed quality.

Some used the excuse of promoting religion to deceive believers and amass money; some relied on writing scriptures to curry favor with the powerful; some sneaked into the palace and spread doctrines among eunuchs and palace maids with the intention of assassinating; and even more were active among the grassroots, gathering believers, killing officials and rebelling.

He was a thorn in the side of the imperial court.

As long as any White Lotus activities were discovered, whether true or false, the garrison troops would be mobilized, and they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let a single one go.

Listen to Judge Wen explain the origin.

Su Su couldn't help but perk up, and said thoughtfully: "There are a large number of hungry refugees and beggars gathered outside Guobei County. The White Lotus Sect has bad intentions. We only need to bewitch them a little and they will be used for their own purposes. They are going to start an uprising here!"

"What should we do? The White Lotus Sect has gathered people to start a rebellion. They cut down mountains and destroyed temples wherever they go. Everyone is praying to the Mother of No Birth. When Maitreya comes to the world, we will surely be annihilated."

Judge Wen was terrified.

Unlike Su Su who has a fox body, the civil and military judges and dozens of yamen runners and ghost soldiers are ghosts who rely on the City God Temple and have to rely on the power of the City God for everything. If the City God Temple is demolished by the White Lotus Sect who have rebelled.

Destroy their temples and stop their sacrifices.

If the skin does not exist, how can the hair be attached?

There is only death waiting for them.

Su Su thought it was funny: "You don't do anything in normal times, but you are afraid when you are about to die? I have a way to make the White Lotus sect members who sneak into Guobei County return empty-handed. Do you want to hear it?"

"Please enlighten me, City God."

"Before the White Lotus sect members incited the refugees to revolt, we should kill the county magistrate and his assistants who have been squeezing the people of Guobei County, as well as the local tyrants and evil gentry, and then open the granaries to release the grain."

"As long as we move faster than the White Lotus Sect members, they won't be able to make any waves."

What a perfect plan! As long as I kill the officials and rebel faster than the rebels, the rebels will be helpless.

Chapter 21 Killing and Punishing the Heart

There is such an operation?

Judge Wen was deeply impressed by Su Fu's alternative approach.

As long as I mobilize the refugees to kill officials and rebel earlier than the rebels, and then open the granaries to release grain, the rebels will be helpless and there will be no refugees for them to incite to rebellion!

"The City God really has a good plan!"