Chapter 71: Bearing the Consequences of One's Actions

  The next few days, Liu Daqiang was always restless. Liu Daqiang knew that Lao Liu must have suspected him already. The reason why Lao Liu didn't take him down in time was probably because he hadn't found Liu Cui's body yet.

  Liu Quezi's case was definitely done by Chen Widow, and that Chen Widow might not be a human being, but a ghost. Actually, after confirming that there was no corpse of Liu Quezi in the well, Liu Dajiang had new speculations. Liu Quezi did not die, he might have been taken away by Mie Men Po.

  Now, Liu Dajiang has become a potential suspect. The most effective way for him to clear his suspicion is to find Liu Quezi. Whether it's finding the person of Liu Quezi or finding the body of Liu Quezi, in short, he must first find Liu Quezi.

  Earlier, Liu Dajiang had asked Mao Daoshi to help Liu Zong drive out the ghost. Therefore, as soon as he thought of finding Liu Zong who was taken away by the exterminated family, Liu Dajiang immediately thought of Mao Daoshi.

  Liu Daqiang went to the neighboring village and found Mao Daoshi, asking him for help in finding Liu Cui. When Mao Daoshi heard that Liu Cui might have been taken away by the extermination witch, he immediately refused Liu Daqiang.

  He claims to be the successor of the Mao Shan Sect, but he's only good at catching ghosts and suppressing demons. As for finding people and investigating cases, that's not their business, and he's not good at it either, so he can't help but stand by and do nothing.

  Actually, if Liu Daqiang didn't mention the three words "Miè Mén Pó", Mao Dao Shi would definitely have accepted the challenge. Once he mentioned Miè Mén Pó, how could Mao Dao Shi still dare to go?

  Mao Daoshi is no fool, he knows what's more important between money and life.

  What kind of person is Mie Men Po? Everyone knows. Just relying on his two brushes as a Taoist, can he be the opponent of Mie Men Po? Does he dare to provoke Mie Men Po?

  Mao Daoshi's attitude made Liu Dajiang truly understand that among Daoists, there are also differences. As soon as Mao Daoshi heard the name "Mie Men Po", he became timid, while Zhu Shan Lao Dao dared to openly provoke Mie Men Po. Whose Taoist cultivation is deeper or shallower, isn't it obvious at a glance?

  Mao Daoshi is no longer reliable, so Liu Dajiang can only pin all his hopes on Zhu Shan Lao Dao. However, Liu Dajiang's behavior last time has already offended Zhu Shan Lao Dao. This time he goes to ask for Zhu Shan Lao Dao's help, will Zhu Shan Lao Dao come out of the mountain?

  After leaving Mao Daoshi's house, Liu Dajiang went directly to Zhushan Temple. In the temple, Liu met with the old Taoist priest of Zhushan. However, after Liu explained his purpose for coming, the old Taoist priest waved his hand, indicating that Liu could leave, and said that he had no more involvement in this matter.

  Although Zhushan Laodao had refused Liu Dajiang, this refusal was completely different from the refusal of Maodao Shi. Maodao Shi's refusal was because he couldn't deal with that exterminating woman; Zhushan Laodao's refusal was because Liu Dajiang had previously offended him.

  Now, Master Zhangshan is Liu Dajiang's only hope. In order to find Liu Zuozi and clear his own suspicion, he decided to pester Master Zhangshan at the Zhangshan Temple. If Master Zhangshan doesn't agree to help him, he won't leave.

  After stalling for a day and night, Zhushan Lao still didn't give in. Liu Dajiang felt that continuing to stall would be useless, so he changed his mind and went home.

  After returning home, Liu Daqiang had no choice but to tell his wife Zhu Fen the whole story and ask her to help him think of a solution.

  In this matter, Zhu Fen's brain seemed to be brighter than Liu Daqiang. Soon, Zhu Fen thought of a plan. Zhu Fen asked Liu Daqiang to take a wooden stick and a hemp rope, then Zhu Fen took out one-third of the family's savings, a total of 200 yuan.

  After making all these preparations, Zhu Fen and Liu Daqiang went to Zhushan Temple together.

  As soon as they arrived at the entrance of Zhushan Temple, Zhu Fen used the hemp rope to tie up Liu Dajiang. This was a pre-arranged act between Zhu Fen and Liu Dajiang, so when Zhu Fen tied him up, Liu Dajiang did not put up any resistance.

  After tying up Liu Daqiang, Zhu Fen pushed him into the main hall of Zhushan Temple. At this time, the old Taoist priest of Zhushan was sitting in meditation in the main hall.

  "What are you two performing? Which act is this?" As soon as he saw the situation in front of him, Zhangshan Lao Dao was shocked.

  "This dead guy offended Master, today I brought him here to apologize to Master." said Zhu Fen.

  After finishing speaking, Zhu Fen slapped Liu Daqiang's back with a stick. Anyway, Liu Daqiang was still Zhu Fen's man, so the stick in Zhu Fen's hand only rose high and fell lightly.

  However, Liu Daqiang does have a bit of acting talent. Zhu Fen hit him very lightly, even lighter than scratching an itch, but he yelled as if it was extremely painful.

  Bamboo Mountain Old Dao naturally knew the intentions of the two, and he also knew that Liu Daqiang's miserable cry was fake. Therefore, for this scene in front of him, Bamboo Mountain Old Dao just treated it as a show, and his heart didn't move at all.

  Liu Daqiang shouted for half a day, seeing that it was useless, he gave Zhu Fen a signal with his eyes, hinting her to hit harder. After all, this is acting, but you can't act too fake!

  Zhu Fen understood Liu Daqiang's meaning, but after all, Liu Daqiang was her man. She couldn't bring herself to beat him mercilessly with a stick for no reason. So, despite Liu Daqiang's hints, Zhu Fen still didn't increase her strength and continued to hit him lightly.

  "Undo the rope!" Liu Daqiang shouted at Zhufen, seeing that he had been exchanging eye signals with her for half a day, but she still didn't increase her strength.

  Liu Dajiang's rebuke gave Zhu Fen a big fright. However, after coming to her senses, Zhu Fen still followed Liu Dajiang's intention and helped him untie the rope.

  After untying the rope, Liu Daqiang grabbed the stick in Zhu Fen's hand.

  "Master, I am willing to cut off one of my hands to apologize to you." As he spoke, Liu Dajiang rolled up his sleeves and laid his left arm flat in the air, then raised a stick with his right hand.

  "Bang!" Accompanied by a dull thud, Liu Daqiang's right hand holding the stick hit his left arm.

  "Ah!" Liu Daqiang let out a miserable cry, the spot on his left arm where he was hit by the stick immediately swelled up, however, his left arm had not been broken for the time being.

  Before Jianzhu Shan Lao spoke, Liu Daqiang endured the pain and lifted his left arm again. Perhaps it was too painful, although Liu Daqiang raised his left arm, but his left arm kept shaking.

  "Come on, help me hold it steady, don't let it shake!" Liu Daqiang said to Zhu Fen.

  At this time, Zhu Fen's eyes had already turned red from crying. How could she bear to pull Liu Daqiang's arm and let him continue to hurt himself?

  "That's enough!" Zhushan Lao finally spoke up.

  "Come in, I have some medicine for bruises and injuries here. Take it and rub it on your arm, you'll be fine in half a month," said Zhangshan Lao Dao.

  After finishing speaking, Zhu Shan Lao Dao went to the side room and brought out the medicine, handing it over to Zhu Fen.

  "Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!" After receiving the medicine from Bamboo Mountain Taoist, Zhu Fen continuously bowed to him.

  At this time, Liu Daqiang gave Zhu Fen a look, hinting that she should take advantage of the situation and quickly give the money to Zhangshan Old Dao. As long as Zhangshan Old Dao was willing to accept the money, the matter would be settled.

  In this matter, Zhu Fen was still very measured. As soon as Liu Daqiang's gaze was used up, he ran over and handed the two hundred yuan in his hand to Zhangshan Lao Dao.

  "Master, you must help us." Zhu Fen said sincerely to Zhangshan Old Dao.

  Zhu Shan Lao Dao is not a person who can't get along with money. Moreover, Zhu Shan Lao Dao knows the situation of Liu Da Qiang's family. Last time Liu Da Qiang came to invite him, he only took 80 yuan. This time he brought 200 yuan, which is really a big loss. Therefore, this time Liu Da Qiang's sincerity is beyond words.

  "Originally, I thought that I had no fate with your Liu family and couldn't help you dispel the disaster. But last night, I calculated that today I might meet with your Liu family, and unexpectedly, both of you came to my Bamboo Mountain Temple. It seems that I still have some fate with your Liu family after all. When I help people dispel disasters, it's all about the word 'fate'. Since I have fate with your family, naturally, I won't stand by and do nothing." said the old Taoist of Bamboo Mountain.

  Zhu Shan Lao Dao spoke a load of nonsense and then followed Liu Da Qiang down the mountain.