Chapter 127: Sacrifice

Yang Kaiguang looked at the handsome man in front, his voice was trembling.

“Magistrate was very happy when he learned that His Royal Highness, the Prince was coming to Gangu County to hold a rain-seeking ceremony, but Magistrate was afraid that His Royal Highness would not be able to ask for rain, so he would lose the hearts and minds of the people, so he specially found an expert. This expert claimed to be a man in the profound sect and proficient in the art of Qimen gossip. He told magistrate that if he wanted to succeed in seeking rain, he had to be sincere. The so-called sincerity was to offer a rich enough sacrifice.”

Luo Qinghan’s eyes moved slightly: “Those children are sacrifices?”

“Yes, on the day when His Royal Highness asks for rain, these children will be offered as sacrifices to God.”

Luo Qinghan’s voice was cold: “Those are all human lives, you are ignoring human lives.”

Yang Kaiguang hurriedly defended himself.

“Your Highness misunderstood. Magistrate didn’t want to kill people. After the rain-seeking ceremony is over, the children who are sacrificed will be sent home. No matter how frenzied Magistrate is, he won’t kill so many children, killed some children.”

Luo Qinghan asked in a deep voice: “Since it won’t hurt the lives of those children, why do you use the shady method of kidnapping children? You can tell your child’s parents and family directly.”

Yang Kaiguang choked, and the cold sweat on his forehead became more.

Nie Changping pinched the back of his neck and asked in a negative manner.

“It’s all at this time, do you still want to lie to us? I don’t think you want this dog’s life anymore.”

Yang Kaiguang was so frightened that he didn’t dare to hide anything anymore, and spit out everything he knew.

“It was the expert who told Magistrate that it is not easy to ask for rain, and the sacrifices must be carefully selected. Ordinary children can’t do it. They have to be children who bring water and are between the ages of eight and twelve. The more sacrifices, the better the result. In order to find as many children with eight characters and water as possible, Magistrate simply caught all the children between the ages of eight and twelve in the city, and let the experts screen them one by one. In the end, we will leave the children with eight characters and water, and the other children will be sent home.”

“The child who was used as a sacrifice by you will die in the end, right?”

Yang Kaiguang did not dare to answer this question positively, so he could only defend himself shivering.

“All this was ordered by that expert, and Magistrate did what he said. Magistrate is innocent. I beg His Royal Highness to spare Magistrate!”

Luo Qinghan: “You just said, that expert claims to be a person in the mysterious gate?”

Yang Kaiguang nodded vigorously: “Yes!”

“Who is this person? How did you find him?”

“His Taoist name is Lay Master Qianshan. He arrived in Gangu County a month ago and set up a stall in the county seat, specializing in fortune-telling. Everyone said that he was extremely accurate in fortune-telling and was a truly capable expert. After Magistrate heard about this, he ordered someone to invite him to the county government and asked him to calculate a hexagram for Magistrate. As a result, he was really accurate. When Magistrate saw that he was really capable, he asked him about asking for rain.”

Nie Changping raised his head to look at the prince and asked, “Your Highness, why don’t I go and catch that Taoist who pretends to be a ghost?”

Luo Qinghan nodded and agreed.

He also wanted to see the origin of the Thousand Mountain layman who was regarded as a master?

Nie Changping was ordered to leave.

Since County Magistrate Yang was taken away, the entire county government was in a mess tonight, which made it more convenient for Nie Changping and others to move.

They sneaked into the county government quietly, found the Qianshan layman who was about to pack up his baggage and run away, knocked him out and took him out of the county government.

When Qianshan Layman woke up, he was already lying in the abandoned courtyard.