Chapter 17 The Truth About Gongshu Jie

After the girl's voice came, the people at the entrance of the village all looked at each other.

The strange silence lasted for a while. Uncle Jie on the mud platform said nothing, just observing the reactions of the villagers.

After a while, someone in the crowd shouted in dissatisfaction.

"You are the wolf monster's minion, so of course you can help it speak!"

"That's right! You and the wolf demon are in the same group! Of course you can help it speak!"

"Mr. Wu Zhu, this witch girl and the wolf monster are colluding with each other. You know it for sure!"

The villagers begged hard, and with the black-robed wizard Zhu by their side, they felt confident.

However, Gongshu Jie just watched all this happening, and waited until the villagers calmed down before asking the village chief.

"I would like to ask the village chief, after the white wolf opened the incense burner in the mountain, apart from forcing you to offer incense and sacrifice three animals, did he do any other evil deeds? For example, did he injure or cannibalize people for no reason?"

"Uh... this... this has never happened," the old village chief said in a low voice, "because we don't dare to offend it. We just follow its request, enshrine its statue at home, burn incense every month, and celebrate every new year. During the festival, they go to the mountains to offer three sacrifices. In addition, even if the hunters in the village enter the mountains, they dare not approach the location of the mountain temple, so no villagers are eaten by them. "

Uncle Jie asked again, "So when did the rumor about the white wolf eating people appear? I think everyone seems to be sure that the white wolf in the mountain will definitely come down the mountain to eat people... This kind of rumor came after He asked for the virgin. Are there any?"

"Uh... this..." The old village chief hesitated for a few seconds, seeming to be thinking about how to answer.

The girl at the entrance of the village answered directly, "The adults in the village have said so a long time ago!"

The girl stared at the old village chief on the stage and said loudly, "When I was very young, I heard the adults in the village say this. They all said that if the children disobey, they will be killed by the wolf demon in the mountains. Take it away and eat it! They said that a long time ago!”

Uncle Jie looked at the old village chief, "Is what this girl said true?"

"Uh... this..." The old village chief was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to hide it. He had to admit, "That's true, but it's just words to trick children and cannot be taken seriously. And Master Wu Zhu, although the wolf demon He never cannibalized people, but he did force us to offer incense and satisfy his various unreasonable demands. In this huge aquatic village, there is no longer a statue of the God of Fire, and they have all been replaced by clay sculptures of the wolf demon by the white wolf. ”

The Huotong Kingdom believes in the God of Fire, and one of the most important responsibilities of the witch is to control the incense for the God of Fire.

The mountain spirits and monsters force the villagers to abolish the worship of the God of Fire. For Wu Zhu, this is an intolerable crime.

After hearing this, Uncle Jie couldn't help but look serious.

However, he did not immediately get angry and go into the mountain to slay the demon as the village chief thought. The black-robed witch Zhu seemed to be inspired.

"Is that so..."

Uncle Jie thought for a moment, looked at the little girl in the audience who was being cursed and ostracized by the whole village, and who was stubbornly holding her head high and not flinching, and asked.

"Girl, let me ask you, is it true that there is no statue of the God of Fire in this village?"

The girl hesitated for a moment, and finally she could only nod her head, "Yes, there is indeed no statue of Master Vulcan in the village."

Only then did Gongshu Jie look at the old village chief beside him and asked, "After the white wolf forced you to worship, in the past eighty years, has this aquatic village ever had a famine or a bad harvest? Were there demons that wreaked havoc and killed people? Have there ever been wild beasts in the mountains? Disaster down the mountain?”

"Uh... this..." the old village chief thought for a moment and shook his head hesitantly, "It seems... indeed not. As far as I can remember, there has indeed been no famine in the village. The wild beasts in the mountains have not come down to eat people anymore, and the terrain here is It’s so remote that I haven’t seen any monsters other than wolf monsters…”

Speaking of the latter part, the old village chief's voice couldn't help but become softer.

Gongshu Jie nodded, and a certain guess in his heart was verified, "In this case, the truth is obvious."

"A small remote mountain village has not had a famine for eighty years, and its crops have matured normally every year. This proves that although the white wolf is favored by you, it has also fulfilled its duties as a mountain god and given you blessings."

"As for the rumors of cannibalism, they have always been your unilateral rumors and speculations. No one has ever been eaten by the white wolf. Even the virgins it asked you to enshrine were returned intact."

"If my expectations are correct, this is probably a warning."

Gongshu Jie said, "I have actually seen the white wolf in Hanyu Mountain. I can make it clear to you that it is definitely not the mountain spirit monster you know, but an extremely noble existence."

"Even the witches in my city dare not make mistakes in front of Him. The little incense and vows you offer are not even worthless to Him."

"And from my contact with him, I can see that he doesn't want to be the Hanyu Mountain God at all, and he doesn't care about the mountain god's position and the power of incense. There may be another reason for opening the incense in the mountain."

"With His noble status, He is willing to condescend to protect this mountain land and protect you for eighty years, but only accepts a few animal sacrifices. Isn't this a great thing for you? But you are ungrateful and instead spread rumors for many years. If you slander, ruin its reputation, and insult its majesty, if you have a bad temper, I'm afraid Shuisheng Village will have been destroyed."

Gongshu Jie shook his head and said, "And judging from your attitude, I'm afraid you are not even sincere in offering. Even if you can offer incense and vows, I'm afraid it's not much. The Hanyu Mountain God asked you to offer the virgin, but it was just a warning."

"Otherwise, he has been in the mountain for 80 years and has never eaten people every year. Why did he suddenly ask you to offer the virgin this year? And after you offered the virgin, he let the virgin go back to the village? Didn't he harm her?"

"Such a simple warning, can't you see it?"

"However, after the girl came back, not only did you not stop slandering the god, but it became more and more intense, and even wanted to lure me to the mountain to "subdue the demon"? If the wolf god in the mountain knew about this, what would happen to you, do you know?"

Gongshu Jie's tone became more and more severe, making the old village chief sweat and tremble all over.

And not only was the old village chief scared, but all the villagers who heard these words were scared.

They looked in the direction of Hanyu Mountain in horror, watching the huge vortex cloud hovering in the sky, and the words of the witch echoed in their ears.

"The white wolf in Hanyu Mountain is an extremely noble existence..."

"Even the witch in my city dare not act rashly in front of him..."

"If I had a more aggressive temper, I'm afraid Shuisheng Village would have been destroyed..."

"Not only did you not stop... but it got worse and worse..."

With a bang, the old village chief knelt down directly. The white-haired old man knelt in front of the black-robed witch and begged loudly.

"Please have mercy, Master Wuzhu! Please save my Shuisheng Village!"

As the old village chief knelt down, the villagers also reacted.

In an instant, all the villagers near the loess mud platform knelt down on the ground and begged loudly.

"Please have mercy, Master Wuzhu!"

When everyone knelt down, the only one who did not kneel down was the little girl standing in front of the mud platform.

The black-robed witch looked at her and asked, "Aren't you going to kneel down and beg me?"

The little girl said, "Didn't you say that, Master Wuzhu? If the mountain god really wanted to make a fuss with everyone, Shuisheng Village would have been gone long ago."

"Besides, if begging for mercy was useful, I wouldn't have been sent to the mountain god in the first place."

When the girl said this, her tone was very calm.

However, Gong Shujie looked at her deeply and nodded, "No wonder the gods look at you differently... You, a girl, are indeed a little different."