The village chief was soaked to the skin and shivering, but he did not dare to move.

"Answer the deity!"

The village chief didn't dare to faint this time: "I... I really don't know. It was Li Zheng who said that if the government wants the villagers to work, they can deduct their wages. If each person deducts a little, what we get is not small. A sum of money can be used just in time to celebrate the New Year.”

"Actually, what the government means is that there are as many people as you can go. Of course, the more the better, but I don't insist on it. But Li Zheng said that we must ask each family to contribute one. The more people we have, the more we can make, so I agreed." ”

"But my wife didn't want her son to go through that suffering. I said, of course my son doesn't have to go, but we have to find a way to let him pretend to have broken his leg. In fact, his leg is not broken at all."

The village chief murmured and explained the matter.

Li Jingyao wanted to beat him when he heard that. His son couldn't suffer, so why should someone else do it? Even his life is at risk.

What kind of dog couple are these!

Holding back his anger, he heard another question from outside: "Are they really going to work? Why haven't they come back? What have you done using the river! Are you still trying to lie under my eyes? Aren't you afraid that I will punish you from heaven? You!"

The village chief quickly kowtowed again: "Great God, Great God! I really don't know anything else, and I don't know why they didn't come back. I was shocked when I heard that they were washed away by the water. Originally... I also wanted to ask the government. Help those women, but Li Zheng said that if they die, the government will pay pensions.

Li Zheng said that there are a lot of pensions, and [-]% will be deducted from each person, so..."

When he said this, he probably felt too ashamed to say any more, so he had to kowtow again.

"What else do you know? Let's get real!"

The village chief was scared to death: "Come back to the master, I don't know anything else, I really don't know."

Li Jingyao waited quietly, waiting for the words "I have gone" to retreat.

But after waiting for a while, there was no reply.

"Do the people in the village have a temple to worship the son of the water demon that they believe in?"

Li Jingyao immediately cheered up and looked at the village chief.

The village chief immediately said: "No, no, I don't know where the news about the son of the water demon came from. How can there be any temple built? It means that occasionally someone goes to the water to throw some sacrifices or something."

"In that case, tell me what happened when the water demon appeared tonight!"

The village chief said that he was indeed the water god and knew everything.

"This is what Li Zheng said. Every ten days or so, the water demon will appear, and it happens to be today."

"Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?"

"No, not at all. Everyone must stay at home and not go out. Lizheng and I are no exception."

"Do you know whether he can get out or not?"

"This..." the village chief was speechless for a moment, "Li Zheng said that it was Taoist Shi Ling who said it. He trusts Taoist Shi Ling very much and should listen to Taoist Priest's words."

"Damn it! How dare a Taoist priest with a mortal body dare to accept followers? Who is he? Tell the truth!"

How could the village chief dare to hide it? He said: "The master of the Qingshi Temple outside the county town of Shi Ling is not just our village. There are many nearby villages. Even the county boss and the county magistrate believe his words."

"Gather up all your ill-gotten gains and put them under the tree outside your door. Remember my words, if you do any evil again, you will be punished by God!"

"Yes, yes, I remember it, and I won't dare to do it again!"

"The deity has gone."

Li Jingyao heard the signal and slowly retreated. At this time, the fog began to slowly weaken.

The village chief took a sneak peek, and with the sound of heavy footsteps, the Water God was indeed gone.

He suddenly collapsed on the bed, panting for a long time, feeling cold and scared, but he didn't care about it. He quickly got out of bed, without even having time to put on his shoes, and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to dig out all the money at home.

Others were hidden by his wife and he didn't know where.

Just as he was about to shake his wife awake, his wife suddenly woke up slowly.

"Hiss," she hissed, stroking her head, "My head hurts."

"Why is it so cold? Ah! Why is the bed wet? The quilt is wet too!" She kept exclaiming as soon as she woke up.

Looking again, I saw a shadow looking for something. Thinking it was a thief, I picked up a pillow and threw it at it.

"Master, wake up quickly, there is a thief..."

I stretched out my hand and touched only a puddle of water, but my husband was not there.

The village chief was hit and cursed: "It's me, what a thief!"

He lit the lamp, and his wife looked at him and said in shock: "Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you all wet? God, what's wrong with our family?"

The village chief looked at her and asked, "What happened to you just now?"

"Just now? What can I do? I'm just sleeping here, but I have a terrible headache."

"I think your soul was taken away, and now it's back."

"What? What's going on! Are you scaring me?"

"Why am I scaring you!" The village chief said angrily, "Hurry up and hand over the money you hid."

"what money?"

"That's the pension that was withheld."

"How can that be done? What do you want to do? That's money to give your son a wife."

"Take it out quickly. If you don't take it out before he gets a wife, my life will be lost!"

……

Yan Ruyu, Huo Changhe and Li Jingyao, who had changed their clothes, left the village chief's house.

Li Jingyao asked: "Are we going to Li Zheng's house now?"

"There's no rush," Yan Ruyu said, "We'll wait until the village chief takes out the money."

Li Jingyao said angrily: "These people are simply beasts. They dare to take the money that others have worked for!"

Huo Changhe glanced at him.

Li Jingyao was confused and couldn't help but ask: "What do you think of me, Your Majesty? Am I wrong?"

"It's not that what you said is wrong," Huo Changhe said, "What the boss said made me feel that you are a scholar."

Li Jingyao was startled and understood what he meant.

Ha ha.

student? He didn't dare to take it seriously.

How does he look like a scholar when he is with this couple? Acting for a while, pretending for a while.

Ten scholars don't have their minds.

Just as he was talking, the door of the village chief's house opened, and he came out sneakily and buried a cloth bag under the tree.

Li Jingyao looked at him: "I'll cook."

Yan Ruyu didn't stop her this time, so she had to let others vent their anger.

The village chief buried the money and came back to close the door. Then he did not return to the house and peeked out through the crack in the door.

Everything just happened was still fresh in his memory, but he really didn't see it too clearly, so his wife was doubtful and waited behind the door with him.

They had discussed that if the water god really came to collect the money, then there would be no need to say anything. If it was a human being who came to collect the money, they would catch the person who took the money and beat him up to find out the situation.

Unexpectedly, before I could see whether the person withdrawing the money was a human or a god, I felt a pain in the back of my neck and my vision went dark.

Then, nothing was known anymore.

Li Jingyao whistled, and Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe went over to withdraw the money.

Li Jingyao asked: "What should they do?"

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