In the side hall of the county government office, the magistrate was sitting with two masters and evil cultivators. On the table was the same dish that Song Cheng had cooked earlier.
"Come on, Taoist Master Wu, let's try the skills of the new chef today!"
The magistrate enthusiastically invited Taoist priest Wu to enjoy it, but Taoist priest Wu forced a smile on his face and did not move his chopsticks.
"Sir, you can't even move your chopsticks, how can I dare to do so?"
Hearing this, the magistrate smiled and picked up a chopstick of vegetables, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.
"Hmm~~ Even though this dish doesn't look very good, it tastes really wonderful!"
The master on the side quickly poured wine for the magistrate.
"This monkey wine is also good, and the delicacies Taoist Wu mentioned are really delicious!"
Taoist priest Xie Xiuwu also took a small piece of chopsticks and ate it. After saying a few words to the magistrate, he said in a meaningful way:
“Actually, although ordinary monkey brains taste good, they are far inferior to that of the King of Monkeys.
That is the most delicious food in the world. If you can take a bite, you will have no regrets in this life. "
"King of monkeys?"
Hearing the words "the best delicacy in the world", the magistrate's eyes lit up.
"Yes, there is a king of monkeys in Yuanqiu Mountain. Not only are the monkey brains extremely delicious, but the monkey wine they brew is also a rare wine in the world..."
Wu Xiexiu introduced it to the magistrate in a bewitching tone.
The county magistrate was fascinated by it and wished he could have a taste now.
"Since there is a monkey king in the Monkey Mountain, I will immediately issue a reward for the hunters to capture the monkey king and have a feast for his brain!"
"Sir, to be honest, this monkey king has become a monster. Ordinary hunters may not be able to deal with this monster."
"Monsters, speaking of which, we have never eaten monsters in this county. Since Taoist Master Wu mentioned it, there must be a way to subdue monsters, right?"
The county magistrate is not a complete idiot. I understand that if Wudao people can say this, there must be a solution.
Wu Xie was stroking his beard and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing open. The windows in the side hall were blown open, the surrounding candlelight suddenly went out, and the room suddenly became cold.
The magistrate was startled by this sudden phenomenon, and the two masters were even more frightened. They left the magistrate and ran away.
From a perspective that the magistrate and others could not see, Wuhou County City God appeared in the side hall with the director of the Second Department of Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil and more than a dozen undercover agents.
Seeing this, Wu Xiexiu's pupils narrowed slightly.
The county god looked at Wu Xiexiu and asked:
"Evil monk, once we know the evil you have done, we will arrest you immediately!"
Wu Xiexiu was very surprised. He didn't know where he had exposed his flaw, but the city god discovered it.
Without saying much at that moment, he pulled out the copper coin sword from his back and slashed it at the City God.
The city god was not afraid, so he took out the county god's seal and fought with Wu Xiexiu.
This was the home court of the City God, and with the help of a group of shady people, Wu Xiexiu soon found it difficult to resist.
The magistrate couldn't see the City God. He could only see that Wu Xiexiu seemed to be fighting something. In addition, the dark wind was howling in the room. He was frightened and shouted:
"Master Wu, what's going on?"
Wu Xiexiu, who was resisting with difficulty, saw the magistrate hiding under the table and found hope.
"Sir, there are ghosts and monsters that have entered the county government office. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to defeat them. Please use your official seal to drive away the ghosts!"
The magistrate was frightened. When he heard what Wu Xiexiu said, he ran to the back room and took out the official seal, regardless of whether it was true or false.
"Master Wu, the official seal is here."
After saying that, he was about to hand it to Wu Xiexiu. How could Wu Xiexiu dare to accept the official seal? He just said:
"Please speak up and drive away the ghosts!"
Hearing this, the magistrate held the official seal in his hand and said bravely:
"Where is the ghost? Get away quickly, otherwise I will kill you without mercy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the official seal glowed from a perspective that could not be seen by the magistrate, forcing the city god and other shady people to leave the county government office.
The city god waited for some unforeseen circumstances and tried to get in, but he couldn't get in.
And the magistrate felt that after he finished shouting, there was really no weird wind around him, everything was quiet, and Taoist Wu was not fighting with anything.
The frightened magistrate held the official seal and trotted up to Wu Xiexiu:
"Taoist Master Wu, what kind of ghost was that just now? How dare you enter the county government office to commit murder?"
Wu Xiexiu just tried it out of desperation to trick the county magistrate, but he didn't expect it to actually work, and he felt lucky.
When Wu Xiexiu heard what the magistrate said, his heart moved and he said:
"Sir, something has happened. The ghost just now was sent by the Monkey King of Yuanqiang Mountain. The monkey king must hate you for eating his monkey grandson, so he sent the ghost to murder you!"
The magistrate was shocked when he heard this: "Did the monster come to your door?"
"My lord, don't worry. You are an official of the imperial court and have the aura to protect your body. In this county government, the monster can't do anything to you."
The county magistrate felt relieved after hearing this, and then asked:
"What if we leave the county government?"
"If you leave the county government...
Then life and death depend on heaven. "
"ah!?"
The magistrate was horrified.
"Taoist Master Wu, you have a solution, right? You must have a solution. Please save me. I will thank you greatly!"
This was what Wu Xiexiu was waiting for, and he immediately said:
"There is no way to do it..."
Just when he was about to think of a solution, a cook suddenly ran in in a hurry.
"Sir, it's not good. Today the new cook knocked down all of us and rescued all the monkeys we captured before. The monkey wine has also been emptied!"
When the county magistrate heard this, he was frightened and rushed to Wu Xiexiu holding his official seal.
Wu Xiexiu was also stunned, what's going on?
Wu Xiexiu, who noticed something was wrong, immediately took the magistrate to the back kitchen to check and asked the cooks who had woken up what happened.
After listening to the descriptions of the cooks, Wu Xiexiu suddenly thought, turned to the magistrate and said:
"Sir, this must be the Monkey King's plan to attack the east and attack the west. On the surface, he is attacking the adults, but in fact he is taking advantage of the opportunity to kill his little monkey!
If what I expected is correct, that Chef Song must be a fake that turned into a monkey to deceive adults. "
These words were naturally meant to deceive the county magistrate. He himself did not know who the person was, but that did not prevent him from taking advantage of it.
The county magistrate heard this and firmly believed in Wu Xiexiu's words.
"Taoist Master Wu, now that I have been targeted by the monster, do you have a way to subdue the monster? If you can, I will be rewarded heavily."
Wu Xiexiu continued what he had been interrupted before:
"There is a way, but I'm afraid you need to come to Yuanqiang Mountain in person."
"Going to Yuanqiang Mountain in person? No, no, that monster must hate me to death now. If I go there in person, wouldn't that mean I'm going to die?"
The magistrate's head shook like a rattle.
Wu Xiexiu continued to persuade:
"Sir, relax, as long as you keep the official seal with you, the monster will not be able to hurt you in Wuhou County.
Besides, isn’t there still a poor guard?
Only by getting rid of this monster can adults sit back and relax.
Otherwise, I might not even be able to sleep well in the future.
Besides, if you get rid of this monster, won’t adults be able to eat the most delicious monkey brains in the world? "
When Wu Xiexiu said this, the magistrate felt that it made sense, but he was still a little worried:
"Is this possible?"
"As long as you follow Pindao's instructions, there will be absolutely no problem!"
As Wu Xiexiu spoke, he began to explain some things that needed to be prepared and asked the magistrate to help prepare them.
The magistrate was very afraid of monsters at this time, so he prepared whatever Wu Xiexiu said he wanted.
After Wu Xiexiu arranged these, he took out a scarecrow and handed it to the magistrate.
"Sir, this thing can ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts. You should keep it with you for protection."
The magistrate thanked him profusely and kept the scarecrow close to his body.
In fact, the scarecrow Wu Xiexiu gave him was to prevent the city god from dreaming.
If the city god takes advantage of the magistrate's sleep and tells him the truth about today's incident through a dream, then all his plans will be ruined.
Seeing that the county magistrate started arranging people at night, Wu Xiexiu looked at the sky outside the county government office with a provocative face.
When the county god and other officials saw this, their faces became as dark as water.
I never expected that I would be kicked out by my "colleagues" while enforcing the law on my own territory. How ridiculous!
Lei Ling stood on the roof of the house and watched this scene. She felt funny for no reason. She bravely stepped forward and asked the county god in the sky knowingly:
"City God, can we capture the evil cultivator?"
When the county god heard this, his face sank like water, he took a deep breath and said:
"The evil cultivator was cunning and deceived the local magistrate. The magistrate was stupid and drove us out.
But don't worry, I will personally entrust the dream to the county magistrate later and explain the reason.
When the misunderstanding is resolved, that's when the evil cultivator will be punished. "
Those who can become evil deeds are usually people of great virtue during their lifetime, and generally do not handle cases with obvious emotions.
But this time, Lei Ling could clearly feel that the city god was a bit out of his element.
After a while, the city god sensed that the magistrate had fallen asleep, so he immediately made a dream.
I saw the city god closing his eyes and casting spells. After a while, he opened his eyes.
"how?"
This question was not asked by Lei Ling, but by other Yin Chai, because everyone felt aggrieved.
The City God looked very ugly and said:
"The evil cultivator predicted in advance that I would be able to tell my dreams, and used some means to intercept my dream telling methods..."
Hearing this, all the Yin Chaos were very angry, but there was nothing they could do.
What kind of thing is this? He was blocked outside the county government office by his "colleague" and allowed an evil cultivator to be so arrogant inside the county government office. The key point was that a cat demon saw this.
The shame of their sinister Wuhou County has been completely disgraced.
Seeing this, Lei Ling almost laughed out loud.
Not to mention how happy she was to see Yin Chai defeated.
Although these gangsters were all virtuous and particular people, Lei Ling could not guarantee that they would not be angry with her. After watching the excitement for a while, she left the place.
At the dog hole at the foot of the county wall, Song Cheng released the monkeys one by one from the dog hole.
It was only after the last monkey was released that he breathed a sigh of relief.
Not far away, Ye Ming was tasting the monkey wine in the gourd. He took a sip and looked intoxicated.
"Mr. Yang, let go of the monkeys."
"I know, that's your business, not mine. It has nothing to do with me."
"Mr. Yang, letting the monkeys go is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. As long as the magistrate still wants to eat monkey brains, monkeys will be captured again. We need to find a way."
"It's simple. I'll send you to the county government office. You can take a knife and kill the county magistrate. Then everything will be fine."
"Ah! How does this mean that killing a court official without permission is a grave sin of decapitation!"
Song Cheng was still a conscientious scholar at heart. If he was asked to kill someone, he couldn't do it, let alone kill someone who was an official of the imperial court.
"Since you don't want to, let's leave this matter alone. We've got the monkey wine and we'll leave as soon as dawn."
Ye Ming looked like he didn't want to care.
"You can't ignore it, although it is the way of heaven for people to eat poultry and livestock, and there is nothing wrong with it.
But this county magistrate's methods are too cruel and harm the world. Since I caught him, I must take care of him! "
"Then you have a solution?"
"No, I know Mr. Yang is very capable and has boundless power. You must have a way, right?"
"Don't compliment me, I'm just a bad fortune teller.
However, since you want to take care of this matter, it's not impossible.
But you have to think about it. Every time you do a good deed, you will lose some blessings. If you do it this time, it will be equivalent to saving a mountain of monkeys. I don’t know how much blessings this will cost you.
Are you sure you're doing this for a bunch of beasts? "
Song Cheng took a deep breath:
"I haven't really gotten it anyway, so how can I be afraid of losing it?"
"Okay, I just hope you won't regret it afterwards!"
"No regrets, Song will never regret it!"
"You said that yourself."
"Yes, that's what I said."
"Then let's plan it first..."
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