Twilight Boundary

After solving the problem of the Tsing Yi Devil, Hu Ma felt as if he had drifted to another level. But when he calmed down and thought about it, he felt pressure rising again. After all, he was just a red man. The little shopkeeper of the lantern festival!

After falling asleep with a deep sigh, the fatigue of many days suddenly came back. When I woke up, it was already past noon the next day.

Sitting up, he felt power growing in his body, and his whole body was filled with vitality. Looking inside, Hu Ma was suddenly surprised to find that the vitality in his body was actually much more abundant.

"I am in the body of a dead person, and now I am only halfway through refining my life. Without blood food to support me, I will appear to be lacking in energy and blood."

"I've been busy these days and haven't had time to take blood supplements yet, but how do I feel..."

He was surprised and a little happy at the same time: "Daoxing has increased a lot?"

For a moment, I felt completely refreshed and full of strength. This surprise was truly indescribable.

Could it be that doing something that is not a loss of conscience is also good for improving your ability?

But this seems to involve some kind of evil virtue and blessings, which makes people feel illusory again, like engaging in feudal superstition...

…But then again, this doesn’t seem to be a very scientific world.

Just as he was in shock and doubt, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. A clerk ran in and said hurriedly: "Brother Mazi, come out and take a look. Mr. Xu, Senior Brother Yang Gong, and even a few men on horseback are here." Everyone with a stern face is here!"

"Um?"

When Hu Ma heard this, she knew it was someone from the city.

In the past, when people from the city came over, they would always ask the little messenger to come over and inform them first. After all, the village had to prepare food and wine, and also tidy up to show respect for the empress.

Why did you come here without even saying hello?

Logically speaking, he should get up quickly and greet him respectfully. After all, although he had borrowed the power of the tiger, except for the evil ghost in green clothes, after the incident, he was still just a little shopkeeper of the Red Lantern Society.

How can you not be respectful when you meet your boss?

But I have no problem with this mental change, but when I think about it, the Red Lantern Empress is actually the training line of Brother Erguotou...

This respect is a bit hard to mention.

Although I was thinking about it, I still put on my robe and walked out. When I left the inner courtyard, I saw a large group of people. They had entered the village directly. As soon as they took a look, I saw Manager Xu and Yang Gong. Everyone was there, and they picked out a huge lantern.

Seeing that they were so busy with their travels, if they calculated the distance, they must have set off before dawn, right?

"Qingshi Town Branch Manager Hu Ma, I respectfully ask your Majesty to please..."

Hu Ma greeted them in the outer courtyard and bowed to the red lanterns they picked in their hands. This was the rule. If you didn't pick a red lantern, it would be easy to say anything. If you picked a red lantern, you would have to bow to the empress first.

But before he bowed down, someone jumped off the horse next to him. It was Yang Gong. He grabbed his arm and looked up and down. When he saw that his arms and legs were in good shape, he said: "It's okay, it's okay, nothing." Something happened."

"cough!"

Steward Xu, who was riding next to him, coughed twice as a reminder, then straightened his face and said to Hu Ma: "Steward Hu, look around, people are panicking, what happened?"

"A trouble has arisen."

Hu Ma said: "We don't know why, evil spirits have arisen around us, harassing the people, and it seems that there are shadows of evil spirits in green clothes. The people around us all believe in the empress and respect her. We eat the money and food given by the empress, so naturally we can't ignore it. For People have been running around here for several days."

"Ah this..."

Manager Xu didn't know anything about what happened here, but he still pretended to be surprised and said: "Why don't you invite the queen to come over and take a look at such a big event?"

"?"

Hu Ma was stunned, thinking: "I invited her, she ran away..."

But out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the red lantern held in the hand of the incense burner. It was lighting up and the light was flowing, which made him feel a little guilty.

Suddenly he sighed helplessly.

He still said: "It's really my fault. I have too little experience. I thought it was all trivial and I could solve it myself..."

"Next time, I will definitely invite the queen over directly."

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Red Lantern Lady was visibly relieved.

"Shopkeeper Hu, thank you for your hard work."

Seeing Hu Ma's appropriate answer, Manager Xu gave him an appreciative look, then dismounted, took his hand, and sighed: "You don't know how big the trouble is this time."

"It's the green-clothed evil ghost. It lost the battle and refused to give in, so it caused trouble everywhere in Mingzhou Mansion. It messed up countless places and made the entire Mingzhou Mansion unpeaceful. There were cries everywhere. "

"However, it suffered its own consequences and was conveniently eliminated by a certain expert."

"But the one who is irritating is our incense owner named Zheng..."

"..."

Manager Xu was just talking at the beginning, but at the end, his voice suddenly deepened and he said sternly: "Our Red Lantern Festival collects blood to make a living. It is not easy to care about the people on weekdays. We give rice and porridge to help weed people." Evil and innocent family."

"Our Red Lantern Lady's reputation among the people is well-known, but it happened that this person named Zheng was bewitched by the evil ghost in blue, and actually helped the evil spirits to do evil. She went to help the evil ghost in blue to set up an altar and bring trouble to the state. It was simply It’s a heinous crime…”

"...It's fine now!"

He snorted coldly and said, "It happened!"

"We, the Red Lantern Club, will immediately remove him from the list and will never tolerate it. The man named Zheng has also been arrested by the government, and his whole family has been sent to prison."

"Look, I have to go to Lingchi Terrace in the next two days, but I deserve it!"

"..."

"?"

Seeing Manager Xu's indignant look, Hu Ma was stunned for a moment: "The man surnamed Zheng must have died a long time ago, why should he be on the Lingchi stage?"

But when she saw Manager Xu and Yang Gong next to her making secret glances at her, Hu Ma also understood. She had to admire Zheng Xiangzhu. He had guessed his fate at the last moment, and it was exactly what he thought. It was indeed related to the government. .

Looking at Manager Xu's appearance now, how can I still not understand?

This is what defines this matter now!

The one who is causing trouble is the green-robed evil spirit, and the one who is bewitched is the incense owner who has been expelled from the Red Lantern Society. There are questions and punishments for a reason and a result, but he never mentions the Meng family.

Hu Ma estimated that the final result of this matter would just end in this caliber.

I'm afraid no one in Mingzhou Mansion would dare to mention the shadow behind the Meng family, but causing chaos in a state is not a small matter. In the end, there will always be someone or evil spirits who come out to take the blame.

After all, what could be better than the evil ghost in green taking the blame?

It’s better to get rid of the blue-clothed evil ghost by yourself. Even if you don’t get rid of it, I guess it will...

……wrong.

If he didn't get rid of the evil ghost in green clothes, but just showed up to meet the Meng family, then the evil ghost in green clothes would have made great achievements in front of the Meng family, so it would be inappropriate to let him take the blame.

After all, the Meng family cannot do things without following the rules, otherwise who would dare to do things with the Meng family?

In that case, the person who needs to take the blame may be another person, that is...

...Zheng Xiangzhu?

This person has sharpened his head into this matter. What is he trying to do?

Looking at the whole thing, he is the only one who is destined to be dragged out to take the blame no matter what the outcome is...

Normally speaking, this kind of thing is the opinion of the people above and has nothing to do with you.

They still knew how to come and say something because Zhuangzi himself was the only one in the Red Lantern Society who was involved in this incident and was the one who experienced it.

He killed the evil ghost in blue without revealing his identity. Others only guessed that the "master" was located in one of the seven troubled places. It is also possible that he was not in these seven places, but he just couldn't stand it. , just take action.

But after all, it is possible, so no one dares to underestimate these seven places.

This is also the reason why the Red Lantern Lady came here so closely.

After thinking about the matter, he cheered up. Facing Manager Xu's serious expression, he was also very serious and said: "I don't know that there are other places where there is chaos. I thought it was Master Zheng Xiang who didn't like me and deliberately made things difficult for me. And me……"

"At that time, there was trouble around the village, and the people came to cry. I didn't think about anything else. I just thought that our mother-in-law had just built a temple. It was a time when her reputation was important, and we couldn't lose her face."

"So I just kept on going and helped the surrounding villages get rid of evil spirits. I didn't pay attention in the middle and almost got myself into trouble."

"Thanks to those warm-hearted ghost walkers who came over to lend a hand, we managed to survive."

"...I'm still thinking that the people around this village are looked after by our Red Lantern Lady. If they come to help us, they are helping the Red Lantern Lady."

"So I entertained them on behalf of the empress and took some blood-food plasters from the village to treat their injuries. In addition, there were several injured people and three who were harmed by evil spirits. Alas, look at what they should do I need this burial money..."

"..."

He said it very seriously, this issue is very important!

The ghost walkers don't want to deal with the Blood Food Gang, but we can't let them suffer, so we should fight for something.

People come all the way to cast spells to remove evil spirits, eat, drink and travel, as well as consume incense and candles. Which of them is not very valuable?

There are even medical treatments and pensions for several people.

You have to report it to someone!

The only thing I worry about is that the Red Light Society refuses to acknowledge the account...

"...You are right!"

Just as he was worried, he saw Manager Xu pulling Hu Ma's hand excitedly. He raised his voice as if he was deliberately speaking to the red lantern behind him: "Shopkeeper Hu, you have done a thorough job in this matter!"

"The surrounding villages and people are not only looked after by our Red Lantern Lady?"

"From now on, these are all the followers of our Red Lantern Lady. Their business is not the business of our Red Lantern Club, right?"

"Don't worry, we will bear the burden once the money and food are paid out."

"You go back and make a plan, and then come to the city to settle the accounts..."

"..."

Hu Ma was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"