The Bandit’s Strategy

[Chapter 43-It is a good thing for the city god's spirit to appear] My grown-ups love the people like children

Mu Qingshan grinned and took his hand from his eyes.

"It's going to be a little cat." Shang Yunze wiped a bit of soot off his face, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

"I've stewed some pork ribs." Mu Qingshan stood up, "I'll make you a midnight snack."

Shang Yunze helped him remove the small jar from the fire.

"How are the people in Mujiazhuang?" Mu Qingshan took out the bowl and chopsticks from the cabinet.

"I wanted to go out, but I was dragged by me to chat for more than an hour." Shang Yunze said, "Xiao Wu is also staring in secret, and it should stop a bit tonight."

"But this is not a long-term solution." Mu Qingshan said, "We can't always meet our people every time the other party wants to go out."

"Naturally, you can't use this method more, but it doesn't hurt to use it once or twice." Shang Yunze said, "Besides, as Lu Zhui said, the heads of the Mu Brothers are far less useful than adults, and you don't have to worry too much."

Mu Qingshan nodded, and asked curiously, "Then what excuse did you make to talk to Mu Wanlei until now?"

"Gu poison." Shang Yunze sat at the table with him.

Mu Qingshan handed him the bowl obediently, "Well, don't mention these, drink soup."

"It smells good." Shang Yunze sat at a small table with him, "Why suddenly remembered to cook soup for me?"

"You are too tired recently." Mu Qingshan was a little embarrassed, "I can't do anything else."

"The rest are also very tired." Shang Yunze stirred the small bowl, "Why do you only make it for me?"

Mu Qingshan was a little confused by the question.

"Huh?" Shang Yunze looked at him with a smile.

"That's what I said." After thinking for a while, Mu Qingshan nodded seriously, "Then I will find a big pot to cook tomorrow."

Lord Shang Bao's smile suddenly stiffened.

He didn't mean that.

"Eat more quickly, or it will cool off." Mu Qingshan stood up, "I'll go back and rest first, and I will rush to the morning market tomorrow to buy beef bones for everyone and come back to stew the soup."

Shang Yunze watched him leave the small courtyard, his chest felt very stuffy.

Why is the development of each event different from what I had previously expected?

It’s good to stay a little bit, but staying like this is really a headache...

Early the next morning, Mu Qingshan went to the market to buy ingredients and asked Lao Wang to pull on the broken cart and get back three big bags of bones and bundles of green onion, **** and garlic — no way, the house inside. Lots of people.

"What is Master doing?" Wen Liunian strolled over from the study after smelling the fragrance.

Mu Qingshan said, "Everyone has been tired for the past few days. Stew some medicinal food to make up for it."

"Master has worked hard." Wen Liunian nodded, "but this kind of thing will be left to Aunt Wang. In the afternoon, you and I will go to the Chenghuang Temple together."

"A psychic expert has been invited?" Mu Qingshan shook the water drop on his hand.

"It's in the dining room." Wen Liunian said, "The Lord Shangbao and Zuo Hufa are accompanying them."

Mu Qingshan was a little puzzled, "Why didn't the lord go?" Why was she still wandering around.

Wen Liunian said, "Because Zuo Hufa said that the official looks too weak to be able to bully others."

Mu Qingshan paused, and then swallowed his words back-just because he wanted to bluff, he should go in person! After all, if it comes to scams and abductions, no one in the city can beat an adult.

The mysterious beauty man is the best evidence.

Said they are psychic masters, they are actually some gods and goddesses in neighboring towns. They have never seen a big face in their lives. They are suddenly rushed into the house by a group of five big and three thick men in black. They are already shocked a lot. She put it up and tucked it into a carriage, and sprinted all the way directly into the prefect's office. When he took the tea from Huatang, his whole body was trembling.

"Everyone, don't be afraid." Huatang said, "Not only is there no malice, my lord, on the contrary, there is still something to ask for."

"I take the liberty to ask the girl." One of them had studied at the private school for a few days, and he was more courageous, so he took the initiative to speak, "I don't know what the **** is the adult calling us here for?"

"On the night before the city **** appeared, everyone who saw it said it was a golden light flying over the wall, nine feet tall, shooting a thunderbolt, and the clothes dripping wet." Huatang said, "Now there are different opinions in the city, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse. So I invite you all to come and ask the gods, so that the people can feel at ease."

After listening to her, the gods were not at ease, but even more flustered. Others don’t know, but I’m very clear in my heart. Ghosts and gods are nothing but nonsense. One is to ask for a living, and the other is to pretend to be a way to exorcise demons, so that the neighbors can live more peace of mind. There is no need for the two to owe each other-but in any case, I would never think that there will be a day in this life that I will encounter the manifestation of Lord Chenghuang.

Shang Yunze said on the side, "Are you really psychic?"

Although my heart is nervous, everyone is pretending to be a ghost and pretending to have experience after all. Since the prefects have come to the door personally, naturally no one is stupid enough to confess that they are a liar, so they nodded one after another.

"Surely you can find the reason?" Shang Yunze asked again.

"Not necessarily." One of them said humanely, "No one can say anything about psychic."

"I'm not sure I'm afraid I won't work." Shang Yunze immediately shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "Now the people in the city are panicking, and the people have different opinions. The adults have already been overwhelmed by this. No matter what means you use, please be sure. Think of a way to solve the problem."

"Fort Lord, please rest assured." Someone reacted to what he meant first and nodded hurriedly, "I will do my best to relieve my sorrows for the adults."

"It's so good." Shang Yunze smiled, "Then let's go and see the adults first, everyone slowly drink tea."

After the two went out, everyone in the house immediately sat in a circle and began to discuss the countermeasures in a whisper-there are not many people in a small area, and even fewer people are engaged in this industry. Even if they are not familiar with each other, they have a little friendship. At this point, there is really no need to continue to pretend to be gods. Thinking of a way to solve the problem is the right way.

"Will it be useful?" Huatang glanced inward under the tree outside the courtyard.

"Naturally." Shang Yunze said, "They are the people who know the wind to make the rudder adapt to changes. The words just now are enough to explain what the adults want, and there is no need to specifically point them out."

Huatang nodded, and went to the small courtyard next door to drink tea with him. After a while, the guard came to report back, saying that everyone in the house had negotiated the result.

"How?" Huatang asked.

"It's the same as we expected." The secret guard said, "One of them said that it doesn't matter whether or not he can be psychic. The important thing is to let the people in the city feel at ease. If the matter of Lord Chenghuang’s manifestation is fooled, then not only will it not suffer, but on the contrary, there may be silver."

Huatang raised her eyebrows, "Sure enough."

Shang Yunze put down the tea cup, "We have already said what should be said, but did not say a word about what should not be said. All conclusions are obtained by these gods and psychics, even if the people of Mujiazhuang suspected that they were asking secretly afterwards. , And will not have anything to do with the government."

Huatang said, "But how can Lord Shangbao conclude that the conclusions they draw must be the conclusions the adults want?"

"Because the clues are too obvious." Shang Yunze smiled, "Don't say it's those magic sticks, even I can find some excuses."

In the afternoon, a lot of people crowded outside the Chenghuang Temple. Obviously, they had heard about psychic affairs and rushed over to occupy the front row to watch the excitement.

After seeing it from a distance, Mu Qingshan said with emotion, "Since the adults stopped posting enlarged portraits of the master, there has been no such long queue in the city for a long time."

"In fact, this official still has a lot of new ideas." Wen Liunian stroked his chin.

Mu Qingshan poured cold water, "Master Zhao will not agree."

"Why didn't you say that he didn't agree?" Wen Liunian was very sorry in words, "It's not a bad thing."

Mu Qingshan:...

It is indeed not a bad thing, but in the world, I am afraid that few people in the world will regard this as a good thing.

"My lord is here!" The people in front of them were the first to see the yelling, and everyone saluted, and the scene became even more lively.

Wen Liunian got out of the carriage with Mu Qingshan and greeted the people with a smile.

A group of witches and gods also got out of another carriage. Not to mention whether psychic affairs were true or false, at least they were quite capable of bluffing people—at least for the people, they were very worth seeing.

Mu Wanlei and Mu Wanxiong are also in the crowd. The appearance of Lord Chenghuang is always a strange thing, and there is nothing to do in the military camp outside the city. Come and see what happens. Zhao Wu stood by the two of them, acting as an accompaniment, which was really a surveillance, and he could save any trouble.

After Wen Liunian led the crowd to enjoy incense, he retreated to the other side and gave the place to the witches and gods.

The people were silent, not even breathing loudly.

After a frightening gong, several people started to chant the curse in different ways: some were sitting on the ground like an old monk entering the peace, some were spraying water with swords in the air, some were chanting words while turning around, and some had always been a golden rooster independent. Mu Qingshan thought, it was even better than the juggling team.

The sun is warm, and it is very comfortable to shine on the body.

Wen Liunian felt a little sleepy.

A shining sword suddenly stretched to the tip of the nose, "Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow!"

Master Wen was taken aback.

The **** man raised his hands and ran around the court, then dropped his sword and lay straight on the ground.

Shang Yunze sighed over and over, even if he knew it was fake, it was not easy to perform so hard.

After about a stick of incense, everyone finally stopped.

Wen Liunian hurriedly asked, "How?"

"My lord, don't worry." One of them said humanely, "It's a good thing."

"Good thing?" Wen Liunian was obviously relieved, "What good thing?"

The people can't help but **** up their ears.

"Since the lord took office, he has devoted himself to the people. The Lord Chenghuang saw it in his eyes, and he was deeply touched." Everyone uttered, "So I went to the heaven to petition on the eve of the first day. The emperor was able to talk about it, and it was almost a delay before the people would see it when he returned."

"Really?" Wen Liunian touched his chin.

"Naturally." A group of witches and gods nodded one after another.

After hearing about it, the people around him felt quite reliable—because Master Wen really loved the people like his son, and he really had the ability. Since he took office, the people's life has improved by more than 10% or 20%. For such a good official, it is only natural for God to want to reward him.

"I already said that adults don't have to worry." Mu Qingshan said, "I can finally feel relieved now."

"Why did the Chenghuangye's clothes be so wet?" Some people asked around.

"Yes, yes." When he reminded him, the other person also remembered, "The little fourth son of the old Zhou family saw it with his own eyes. It is said that he was dripped with water." Tsk, it's a blessing!

"It's not a big deal." The **** stick smiled and pointed in front of the temple, "Isn't there a ditch? When the Lord Chenghuang walks in a hurry, he will naturally get wet with his clothes."

"Improper." Wen Liunian shook his head, "Come here!"

"My lord." Several government officials stood up.

"Find someone to divert this small river ditch." Wen Liunian said, "By the way, the road in front of the Chenghuang Temple will be leveled. In the future, there will be a strong incense here, and it will be much more convenient for the city **** or the people to travel."

The people cheered, and Zhao Wu glanced at the Mu brothers, and saw that the expressions of the two were as usual, nothing unusual.

Wen Liunian had a few more conversations with the people around him, then went to the back hall to discuss the repair of the Chenghuang Temple, and did not leave until nightfall.

"My lord." Zhao Wu was waiting for him in the mansion's study.

"How?" Wen Liunian asked.

"Mu Wanlei and Mu Wanxiong are business as usual." Zhao Wudao, "When I heard that the adult was about to rebuild the river, there was not much reaction."

"Could it be that they actually don't want to get involved in the water?" Mu Qingshan guessed.

"Whether he wants or not, he must first cut off the waterway." Wen Liunian said, "Otherwise, it will be too late to wait until they do it."

"Break this waterway first, and then send more inspection teams in the city to guard the wells. This should be able to prevent the opponent from going down the waterway." Huatang said, "The remaining Baimang River passes through the city and the water is turbulent. It's useless for King Cylinder Gu to go in."

"In addition to the waterway, is there any other way to facilitate the downloading of Gu?" Mu Qingshan asked. "

"Nothing." Huatang said, "Most gu poisons need to be raised for a long time before they can obey their masters. If you want to harm one person, you can, but it's not easy to harm the people in the city."

Shang Yunze frowned, "But guessing the past like this is really passive for us.

"Yes." Wen Liunian said, "so the easiest road must be blocked first, so as not to harm the people, and then let them go to the dog to bite the dog."

"What does your lord say?" Zhao Wu didn't understand.

"Since the members of the Tiger Head Gang are likely to be of the same clan as them, then I will find a way to make a mistake." Wen Liunian said, "If this hot potato can be completely stuffed into Mu Jiazhuang, then it would be great. "

Everyone discussed it and didn't disperse until late at night. Wen Liunian stretched his waist and returned to the bedroom. After pushing the door, he saw Zhao Yue sitting at the table, and the ground was full of moonlight.

"Master." Wen Liunian lit a candle, "Are you here to ask about the Chenghuang Temple today?"

Zhao Yue said, "Lu Zhui has already told me."

"Why is the master looking for me?" Wen Liunian puzzled.

Zhao Yue put a small box on the table.

Wen Liunian hesitated, "Give it to me?"

Zhao Yue nodded.

Wen Liunian picked it up and felt that something was moving in the box, so he was taken aback.

Zhao Yue said, "Open it."

Wen Liunian hesitated, "Can you not open it?"

Zhao Yue insisted, "No!"

Wen Liunian:...

But this thing is moving!