Chapter 45: Chaos

  The village head brought people to the deputy village head to rescue the ancestral hall, he followed us three back to the reception office, all the way up was extremely enthusiastic, that purple old man knew that Guanxi Village was Xu Qi's territory, but still came with people in a big way, obviously not putting Xu Qi in his eyes, at this time only Liu Wei could contend with the old man.

  On the way, I asked You Wu what had happened in the temple, but You Wu was confused and said he didn't know either. Following Liu Wei's instructions, he was confronting the village chief with a bow and arrow when he suddenly fainted. The deputy village chief heard the villagers' cries of fire, came out to investigate, and only then discovered that You Wu and Xu Shulin were lying at his doorstep.

  On the way to the ancestral hall, Liu Weimin was seen limping again, so he was also brought along.

  The plan to catch ghosts that night failed miserably, and I almost got burned to death. I was beaten up, Liu Weimin spat blood and was injured, and we didn't even get a glimpse of the ghost's face.

  Back at the hostel, San Shu asked me what had happened in a surprised and curious tone, but no one was in the mood to chat with her. Xu Shulin wanted to have a conversation with Liu Weimin, but Liu Weimin remained gloomy-faced, went into his room and sat cross-legged on the floor. The three of us simply washed up and then stared blankly at Liu Weimin, waiting for him to calm down and come up with a plan.

  Xu Shulin said his back was burning with pain, let's take a look if there are any broken bones. After he took off his shirt, I found that his body had stripes of red marks, and asked him how he got injured. Xu Shulin gritted his teeth and said, "I was beaten by the deputy village chief."

  Don't laugh, let me explain. When the deputy village head found them, Xu Shulin was sleeping on You Wu's body, and he happened to be wearing my six-product official robe. The deputy village head thought a zombie was sucking blood, so he picked up a stick and beat Xu Shulin.

  I had almost forgotten about this matter. I hastily asked Xu Shulin if he remembered being possessed by a ghost and how the official robe ended up on his body?

  He said he didn't know, his head was dizzy for a moment, and then he didn't remember anything.

  Liu Weimin suddenly opened his mouth: "The official robe was put on him by me." Explaining, he said to Xu Shulin: "Village Chief Xu, trouble you to find a few large roosters, the longer the tail feathers the better, if possible wild roosters would be best, and also bring back that official robe for Wang Zhen."

  I found that Liu Weimin is interested in wild chickens, but it's pitch dark and messy, Xu Shulin obviously can't get them, I guess he'll have to trouble his mother's few big roosters.

  Liu Weimin's orders were carried out by Xu Shulin as if they were sacred decrees, and he hurriedly left. Liu Weimin let out a long sigh of relief, and his complexion improved significantly.

  Yu didn't bother to ask about his well-being, instead asking him how he planned to deal with those uninvited guests.

  I let out a soft sigh, my chest feeling heavy and unable to muster up the energy. Wen Jing was still nowhere to be found, and now another group of people had appeared. Liu Wei Min would definitely have to deal with them first, and rescuing Wen Jing seemed like an impossible task.

  Liu Weimin asked me: "What's wrong? Got a beating and feeling unhappy in your heart?"

  I nodded and said: "It's not all because of the beating, I'm so annoyed in my heart. I just want to save Wenjing and leave quickly. This matter is not something that ordinary people can get involved in!"

  Liu Weimin chuckled twice and said, "A fish rushes up against the waves without damaging its scales, a bird flies against the wind using all its feathers. At this point, if you still think of yourself as a commoner protected by the law, then you really don't know how to die. However, you don't have to be disheartened, difficulties are only temporary. If your heart is resentful, wait until I recover from my injuries and catch that old man, you can kill him with your own hands and it will make you happy."

  The muscles on my face twitched, I lowered my head and didn't dare to look Liu Weimin in the eye. After thinking for a while, I carefully asked what was on my mind: "Old man, have you ever killed anyone?"

  Murder is something that goes against my three views, and actually, thinking carefully about it, I've always been looking for some evidence to distrust Liu Wei Min, not just simply suspecting that he's cheating me, after all, I don't have anything to be cheated of, but rather wanting to make things difficult for him, releasing the resentment in my heart.

  Although I'm not familiar with the old Chinese doctor, Liu Weimin's behavior of seeing death but not rescuing still makes me feel a kind of sorrow for being a human being. He clearly promised the old Chinese doctor!

  "My question was too abrupt, and Liu Weimin retorted: 'Murder is wrong, isn't it?'"

  I carefully expressed my thoughts: "This isn't a matter of right or wrong, if someone wants to kill me, I will definitely fight back and kill them. But you want me to think about killing someone now, I really can't bring myself to do it."

  Liu Weimin said: "It's okay, you'll get used to it. This time, let the old man in a Tang suit practice his hands first. Everyone has a first time!"

  I hastily waved my hand to decline: "Forget it, forget it, we're not people from the same world. I'm not comparable to you. If I kill someone, I'll be shot dead as soon as I go out, and I don't want to have a habit of killing people either. Once I leave Guanxi Village, I can report to the police!"

  Liu Weimin sneered and said, "When Wen Jing was taken away, why didn't you call the police? When Nalan Yuancheng wanted to suck your blood, did you ask him to wait a minute while you dialed 110 first? Everyone knows it's wrong to hit people, but when those people beat you up, they didn't hesitate at all. They didn't take you as human beings in their hearts. But you still think you're a person. I won't argue with you about this. When you're about to be killed, you'll naturally understand what's right and wrong. Later, Xu Shulin will bring back the official robe, and you can change into it then. Take advantage of the fact that it's not yet dawn, go out of the village and lure Nalan Yuancheng out. I'll make a deal with him."

  Just been told by Liu Weimin that his heart is dead, as soon as I heard this, I was excited in the blink of an eye, jumping up and asking: "Won't you let me go out to lure zombies again?"

  Liu Weimin had only one sentence: "For saving Wenjing, I am here, you don't have to worry about your own safety."

  I said I wouldn't be at ease if you weren't here, let Yu Wu go instead, he's your great-grandson, it's only right that a junior takes on the task.

  Liu Weimin said, "You must help me push and pull the medicine, only I can go out alone."

  "I couldn't believe I was asking: 'He's not going, you're not going, and I'm the only one? Is this about summoning zombies or feeding them?!'"

  Let me put it this way, Liu Weimin was adamant that there would be no danger, so I went out with a clear conscience. The old clan leader wouldn't bite me, and maybe I didn't even need to meet him, just take a stroll around and then come back.

  I thought of Old Man Zhang warning me and tapping on the window, I reckon it won't really harm me, but Guan Cun village has not only zombies, but also Huang Jinbai, two ghosts, and that group of uninvited guests.

  So I let Liu Weimin send ghosts to protect me!

  Liu Weimin said in surprise: "Where am I going to get a ghost for you?"

  I said you must be raising a ghost, otherwise who drank that cup of chicken blood?

  Liu Weimin said matter-of-factly: "I drank it as a beverage, what's wrong with that?"

  "Scoffing, I said: 'You're talking nonsense! You drink another one and let me see. Even the village chief's ghost has said that chicken blood is a great tonic for ghosts. Are you a ghost? You must be raising a female ghost, too ashamed to let us know, you shameless thing!'"

  I deliberately provoked him, wanting Liu Weimin to summon the ghost out, but he furrowed his brow and a hint of a knowing glint flashed in his eyes. At that time, the village chief said something like...

  Afterwards, Liu Weimin also didn't speak, his face solemnly sank into deep thought. When Xu Shulin came back, I still thought that Liu Weimin was going to drink the rooster's blood, but instead he plucked a longest feather from each of the three big roosters' buttocks, saying he wanted to set up a small array to prevent being calculated by that purple-robed old man.

  Don't even help me put on the official robe, I looked pitifully at Liu Weimin, but he was unmoved and said to me: "Go, climb out of the window and go outside the village to wander around. When you see the old clan head, kneel down and kowtow a few times. If you can't find him, you can come back when it gets light."

  Are you really not concerned about my life and death?

  Yu also helped me speak well.

  The village head learned that I was going out to lure zombies and hurriedly advised Liu Weimin's subordinates to show mercy.

  Helpless, Liu Weimin took off the grass whip from his waist and handed it to me: "That group of strangers dare not take action rashly, wearing official robes, Laozu Gong won't bite you, two ghosts are in danger of being slaughtered, must hide for a while, really don't know what you're afraid of, you take the whip, when you see strangers, just whip them, if they don't die, they're human, if they die, they're ghosts."

  With the whip in hand, I feel much more at ease. Normally, wherever Liu Weimin goes, he can't bear to part with his whip. If I were to be taken away by ghosts, his whip wouldn't be able to protect me either.

  The village entrance is not far from the hostel, I originally wanted to run all the way to the broken house where I met Xu Qi that night and sleep for a while, but the deputy village chief didn't know what madness he had, and actually brought several young people holding flashlights and wooden sticks to guard at the village entrance. Although they wouldn't beat me like a zombie, I cried so much in front of the ancestral hall earlier, now I really don't have the face to see the villagers, so I can only take a detour on the small road, where there is a low wall, and jump over it to leave the village.

  As soon as I got on the wall, I saw three cars speeding towards us from afar. The deputy village chief, who was guarding the entrance of the village, was like a general facing a great enemy, directing people to move a pair of messy things to block the road into the village.

  The car stopped at the entrance of the village, and I saw the demolition man and two men in black get out of the car. They were furious and said something to the deputy village chief, who quickly started fighting back. The deputy village chief hit the demolition man on the head with a stick, but I don't know if he was bleeding. Anyway, this was the only achievement of the official village.

  In less than a minute, the two men in black had knocked everyone to the ground, including the deputy village chief, and drove into the village, it was unclear where they went. The deputy village chief groaned on the ground for a while, struggled to get up, and surprisingly led people to the reception office, as they approached, I heard their curses.

  It seems that the demolition man took people to catch zombies, but they didn't catch any, and instead two of them got bitten!