10 Ancestor Worship and Heavenly Punishment
Hearing the familiar voice, Yun Zhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the man on horseback. The straight eyebrows and star-like eyes on the horse were as straight as if all the righteousness in the world were condensed on this face.
Who else is it if it’s not Lu Shenjun?
Yun Zhi's heart suddenly thumped, what's going on? Isn’t the Criminal Investigation Department coming tomorrow?
She turned back to look at Xiao Yi, only to see that he was covering his face with his hands and rubbing his forehead, looking sleepy and not even receiving the look she was giving him.
On the other hand, Pei Shun on the side suddenly said "Hey" and got off the carriage first. Ayu followed closely. Seeing Xiao Yi also getting up, Yunzhi quickly grabbed him and lowered his voice and asked: "My second brother is outside! Now! what to do?"
Xiao Yi turned around to look at her, raised his hand and patted her shoulder gently, and got out of the carriage without saying anything.
There was no other way, Yun Zhi had no choice but to get out of the carriage.
As soon as he landed and stood firm, he heard a deep and serious voice coming over: "Why are you here?"
"I..." Yun Zhi didn't even dare to raise her head, but as soon as she said a word, she heard Pei Shun standing in front laugh twice more, "We haven't seen each other for many years, Brother Shenjun is quite upright. It hasn’t changed!”
Pei Shun also knows Lu Shenjun?
Yun Zhi quietly raised his eyes and looked over, and saw Lu Shenjun actually joking with Pei Shun, "You are the same, you are still so free and easy!"
As he said that, he turned his head, and their eyes suddenly collided, and the smile on the lips of the Master instantly froze.
Seeing that he couldn't hide, Yun Zhi raised his hand to greet him: "Hi second brother, what a coincidence, hehe..."
Lu Shenjun no longer cared about reminiscing with Pei Shun, and almost took two steps to reach her, "Why are you here! Aren't you..."
Halfway through his words, someone suddenly coughed beside him and said in a calm tone: "Brother Shenjun, you are fine."
Lu Shenjun was about to scold his sister when he heard the voice and was stunned. He turned around and saw someone looking at him with a smile. He subconsciously wanted to bow his hands, but he slightly lowered his eyebrows. Before he could raise his arms, he was hugged by someone. .
The man's tone was filled with joy of reunion, "Oh, I really didn't expect to meet Brother Shenjun here, what a fate!"
As he spoke, he whispered a few words into his ear. Lu Shenjun was stunned for a moment, pushed the person away, and said with a serious expression, "You... you..." He looked at several people and turned back and forth, finally Throwing out the sentence: "What a nonsense!"
After speaking, he turned around and mounted his horse, and at the same time ordered the accompanying officers of the Criminal Investigation Department to escort everyone back to the inn in Jiahe Town.
Since he was on official business, after bringing the person back to the inn, Lu Shenjun led the team to Jiahe Town Government Office, leaving only two people from the Criminal Investigation Department guarding the door.
The four of them were locked in the same room. Seeing that they seemed to know each other, Mr. Lu, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Ayu asked a few more questions about their relationship with Mr. Lu. Yun Zhi thought that he couldn't hide it anyway. , he simply confessed his identity.
After Pei Shun heard her saying that she was the second young lady of Anguo Palace, he couldn't help but ask: "Are you Lu Yunzhi? The Lu Yunzhi who married Huan Chengyao, Prince of Dayuanning?"
"Shh!" Yunzhi glared at him, "Keep your voice down!"
Pei Shun looked at Xiao Yi again, his eyes full of surprise, "You, you know she is...?"
"I know." Xiao Yi's expression and tone were calm, "Of course I know she is Ning... um..."
Yun Zhi heard what he was going to say in the last three words, and quickly came over to cover his mouth, and said with a smile: "Maybe not!"
"Oh?" Pei Shun looked at the two of them and smiled: "It sounds like we, Xiao Yunzhi, don't want to be Princess Ning."
There was a bit of gloating in his tone, and Yun Zhi thought he was laughing at her, so she snorted and shouted in a low voice: "Then Prince Ning is not a good person, would it be strange if I wanted to be Princess Ning? "
Pei Shun laughed out loud as if he heard something funny, and even Ayu pursed his lips and shrugged his shoulders. Yun Zhi suddenly felt confused. She didn't say anything wrong. Prince Ning was deaf and mute and poisoned his brothers. He was indeed not a good person.
She couldn't help but look at Xiao Yi beside her, and she felt relieved when she saw that he still looked calm and calm. But then, she began to worry about the situation in front of her, "Xiao Yi, what do you mean about my second brother?" Will they take us back?"
It took a lot of effort to find a reason to escape because of illness. If I were caught back, it would probably be difficult to come up with it again.
Although Xiao Yi's tone was calm, he was determined, "Don't worry, he won't take you back."
Yun didn't know where his confidence came from, and asked curiously: "How do you know?"
Xiao Yi said slowly: "Because I told him that because you separated on the night of your wedding, you missed Prince Ning day and night with tears in your eyes, so you tried to find a way to leave the palace and catch up with His Highness Prince Ning to relieve the pain of lovesickness."
As soon as these words came out, Ayu and Pei Shun both looked up at the sky with their mouths closed, while Yunzhi could hardly believe what he heard.
"No... do you want to hear what you said? For this reason, can my second brother believe it?"
Xiao Yi looked innocent, "He believed it."
"..."
Can Lu Shenjun actually believe this rhetoric? He is the head of the Criminal Investigation Department who is skeptical about everything! How could you believe it? Yun Zhi vaguely felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't grasp the key for a while, so he only secretly wondered for a long time.
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The town's ancestor worship ceremony did not stop with the arrival of the Criminal Inspector.
The sound of firecrackers opened the curtain of the dark night, lion dances and dragon games were played, gongs and drums filled the long street, and almost everyone in the town, from the oldest to the youngest, gathered in front of the ancestral hall in the south of the town. During the day, an altar had been set up in front of the ancestral hall. At this moment, everyone was standing under the altar, waiting for the ceremony to officially start.
The four Yunzhi people and the Criminal Investigation Department were also hiding in the crowd. The Criminal Investigation Department was here to look for clues, but Yunzhi and the others were just joining in the fun.
Not long after, the mayor walked out of the ancestral hall and walked onto the altar under the witness of everyone.
The mayor is an old man with a gray beard and looks very kind. The events in the town these days have made the old mayor worried, and his face looks quite haggard.
The mayor held a square bronze cong in both hands. After taking the stage, he first glanced at the people under the altar, then turned to face the direction of the ancestral tablet and the moon. He raised his hands above his head and read aloud: "The heroes of the ancestors are above, and the descendants are here." Xu Hu and his whole family are here to pay their respects!"
"bye--"
The mayor's voice was like a bell, and almost everyone in the audience knelt down. Yunzhi and several people squatted down in tacit agreement.
"Thanks to the blessings of our ancestors, Jiahe Town has never lived up to the name of Jiahe since its establishment! However, recently, a series of tribesmen have suffered misfortunes. I guess it must be our lack of virtue that makes our ancestors dissatisfied. I am here to apologize and hope that our ancestors will protect you." !”
"I hope our ancestors will protect you!"
"I hope our ancestors will protect you!"
Everyone shouted and worshiped in unison.
Yun Zhizheng sighed that this ancestor worship ceremony was really grand. Suddenly, a cold wind hit, and then a large dark cloud rolled up and covered the stars and moon in the sky. The next moment there was strong wind, lightning and thunder.
A drop of rain fell on Yun Zhi's head. She looked up at the flickering thunder and lightning hidden in the clouds, and an ominous premonition arose in her heart. At this moment, Xiao Yi beside her suddenly leaned towards her. She keenly captured When he saw the trace of panic on his face, he was slightly startled and couldn't help but laugh.
"Can't you tell, you're actually afraid of thunder?" Yunzhi's low voice was full of joking.
Xiao Yi clutched her sleeves with her fingers, and for the first time, she didn't reply.
Seeing this, Yun Zhi suddenly couldn't bear it, so he leaned towards him and extended his arm to him, "Hey, if you're scared, you can hold on to me."
Xiao Yi was obviously stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked at her for a while, then hugged her arm obediently.
Pei Shun clicked his tongue and was about to say something teasing when A Yu beside him suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"
Then, everyone saw a bolt of lightning striking the altar, followed by a loud thunder blast in their ears.
For a moment, everyone was stunned. When everyone came back to their senses and looked towards the altar, they saw that the mayor had fallen on the altar.
Several townspeople and people from the Criminal Investigation Department rushed to the stage to save the person. Seeing that the first person's hand was about to touch the mayor, Yunzhi quickly stood up and shouted: "Stop! Don't touch him!"
However, it was too late for her to shout. The first person who touched the mayor twitched and lay beside the mayor in the blink of an eye. Everyone looked at Yunzhi.
She quickly explained: "He was struck by lightning. There was still static electricity on his body just now. If you touch him, you will also be electrocuted, but... you can touch him now." As he said that, Yun Zhi pointed to where he was lying. The person next to the mayor said, "He has already helped to take out the electricity."
Few people present could understand what she said about static electricity conductivity. Even if she said it was OK to touch, everyone was hesitant and did not dare to act rashly because the first person had already fallen.
Thunder was rolling in the clouds. Yunzhi raised his head and glanced at the sky, and advised: "It's going to rain soon. Let's carry people into the ancestral hall to take shelter from the rain!"
Everyone still didn't dare to move.
At this moment, another bolt of lightning struck down, hitting the mayor just in time.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd burst out laughing.
"Retribution! God has eyes! Ancestors have eyes!" A young man with scrawled words raised his hands and knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, "This is all retribution!"
"Gaoshan! What nonsense are you talking about!" An old woman stepped forward and grabbed his ear. "The old mayor is so kind and even saved your life. You have eaten all the books of sages! What are you doing?" How could you say such ungrateful words!”
"Let's see if I don't beat you to death!" The old woman had already raised her cane, and Yun Zhi subconsciously stepped forward to adjust it.
As soon as he took a step forward, a bolt of lightning almost illuminated the entire town and struck the mayor again.
The young man saw this and smiled again: "You see, you see, this is the retribution for his evil deeds! Retribution!"
The woman's crutch finally came down, "You still said it! You still said it! I'll beat you to death!"
However, the next moment, the woman stopped moving. In fact, everyone present was stunned.
Everyone saw that two more purple lightnings fell from the sky one after another, and without exception, they all landed on the mayor.
