Chapter 78: Lord Su From The Capital
Lin Zheng was grateful to Liu Sanniang.
For the next few days, Liu Sanniang did not go out. In mid-June, the weather was extremely hot.
Madam Wei often brought back some ice cubes. Liu Sanniang used them to make all kinds of cold soup, and it was pretty cooling.
When there were fruits, she could dry them in the sun and make some fruit tea.
The people from the capital had already arrived in Yong County. As they arrived at night, Wei Shilai asked Lin Zheng to send a message to Liu Sanniang and ask her to go the next day.
Liu Sanniang was a young lady. Her mother would definitely not allow her to go out at night.
Lin Zheng came with a message and left in a hurry. Liu Dalang passed the message to Liu Sanniang.
Liu Sanniang nodded. She could go tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the people from the capital rushed to River Village at night. After all, they also wanted to see the phenomenon.
Therefore, without even resting, they got Wei Shilai to take them to River Village.
The person in the lead was the son of Marquis Su of the capital, Su Yanyu. When the report from Wei Shilai was received, it had caused a huge commotion in the imperial court. The emperor was furious and handed this matter to Su Yanyu, who brought people over.
“My Lord, River Village is over there. When we reach River Village, I’ll immediately take you to see what is going on.”
The person who was speaking with his head lowered was the servant, Su Changde.
Wei Shilai frowned along the way. He had a bad feeling about this that Su Yanyu would do something stupid.
“It’s said that these people will lose their minds at night. How crazy can they get? Will they eat shit? I know dogs eat shit. Do they eat shit?”
Su Yanyu opened his fan and smiled as he spoke, as if he was very interested in what he was about to see.
Su Changde smiled obsequiously. “I don’t know either. When the time comes, I’ll get someone to prepare it and see if they want to eat it. I heard that they’re still conscious when they go crazy and will shout for help.”
“Hahaha, interesting.”
Su Yanyu became even more interested. If not for the fact that he wanted to see how crazy these people were, he wouldn’t have come here overnight.
He hadn’t had time to explore the fun things around Yong County yet. If his father didn’t say that this mission would be easy, he wouldn’t have come.
All he needed to do was simply to bring the soldiers with him and arrest some townspeople.
As River Village got closer and closer, Su Yanyu became excited. “That must be River Village. Every house is still lit up. Apparently, it is true.”
When they reached the bridge, Su Yanyu got off the horse and was about to cross the bridge when Wei Shilai stopped him. “Lord Su, are you going to arrest the people now?”
Su Yanyu looked at Wei Shilai and smiled. “No, what’s the hurry? I’m just here to take a look. I’ve never seen such an interesting thing in my life. I’ll take a look and report it to the emperor when I get back.”
“Magistrate Wei, don’t be so nervous. You said in your report that there might be a mutation here. I also brought a master.”
Su Yanyu fanned himself and patted Wei Shilai on the shoulder.
Wei Shilai frowned.
Su Yanyu smiled. “Magistrate Wei, I heard about you before I came. You’re a very boring person. You can get lost now, I’ll take charge of everything here.”
Su Yanyu gently pushed Wei Shilai with his fan. Wei Shilai frowned and watched helplessly as Su Yanyu took his men across the bridge and into the village.
Su Yanyu had indeed brought two masters with him. They were dressed in white and had extraordinary auras.
“Sir, are we just going to let him fool around?”
Officer Zhou was furious. Su Yanyu and the others had already crossed the bridge.
After entering the village, they must have seen the scene of the man from River Village going crazy. They laughed and said, “So it’s true. Someone, hurry up and get him a pile of shit…”
Wei Shilai’s face darkened. “Forget it, let him be as long as he can settle this matter at the end.”
Su Yanyu’s father was the marquis, and his sister, Su Yanxue, was the favorite concubine of the emperor. In all aspects, Wei Shilai could not afford to offend this young man.
Wei Shilai exhaled. “Lin Zheng and I will go in and take a look. We’ll make sure he won’t do something too stupid. You guys stay here.”
Officer Zhou could only obey.
Wei Shilai walked toward the village with Lin Zheng. When they entered the village, he felt a little unsettled.
Some crazy men were crawling everywhere, chasing after their mothers or wives, praying to the heavens to let them go.
Su Yanyu was dressed luxuriously, and it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person.
When his servant, Su Changde, entered the village, he shouted. “Lord Su is here with masters to save you. Kneel!”
When the villagers heard this, they immediately knelt down and begged. “My Lord, please save my man. Please show mercy.”
They were already hopeless because none of the witches or priests they hired knew what was going on.
When it was dark at night, it was as if the men lost control of their bodies while still conscious.
Even though they knew they shouldn’t crawl and eat the pig food, they couldn’t control themselves.
Su Yanyu smiled and sat on Su Changde’s back. He said to the two masters beside him, “Master Kongyu and Master Kongling, see what’s going on with them.”
The two of them looked at the people kneeling and begging for mercy. They could tell at a glance that there was a problem here.
Kongyu nodded at Kongling.
Kongling said to Su Yanyu, “My Lord, these people are being haunted by the vengeful souls who are controlling their bodies.”
Su Yanyu smiled. “What vengeful souls? Are they haunting this village?”
Su Yanyu was especially interested in this kind of thing, but he wasn’t a daoist and couldn’t see what the masters were seeing.
However, when Kongling said that the reason why the men were like this was because their bodies were controlled by the vengeful souls, Su Yanyu was immediately excited.