Chapter 528 The Reasoning Hall Official

Outside the village, a black sedan and a dozen or so mounted knights rode along, eliciting wails and ghostly cries from all around, creating a sinister atmosphere for miles.

But just as they were three miles away from the village, they suddenly heard a strange sound of suona horns and crashing cymbals in front of them. A team of figures emerged from the grass.

Two sturdy weasels carried the sedan. Sitting atop it was an old woman in blue, wearing flowers all over her head, drunk on wine, with a piece of eggshell still clinging to her lips. She held a smoking pipe and shouted boisterously:

"Stop!"

"Where are you going? Disturbing the ghosts and gods, unsettling the people. Don't you know people have to work in the fields when the sun comes out?"

"..."

"Hmm?"

The black sedan stopped. Everyone, from the person inside the sedan to the maids by its side and the generals on horseback, exchanged confused glances. The lantern bearers couldn't help but shout, "Bold! How dare you block the path of dignitaries..."

"...What are you doing?"

They shouldn't have asked the second question, but they couldn't help it. This thing blocking the road was too strange.

"What am I doing?"

Seventh Auntie suddenly flew into a rage. She tapped the sedan's armrest with her pipe and said, "Seventh Auntie is here to reason with you!"

If they hadn't heard her, it would have been fine, but after hearing her, they were even more confused. A faint, incredulous voice echoed from inside the black sedan, "So, that…person, actually found someone like you…"

"...to represent the Hu…to represent him and reason?"

"..."

"What, Seventh Auntie can't reason?"

The night wind seemed to quiet down. The person in the sedan remained astonished, but Seventh Auntie grew somewhat angry. She wouldn't mind if you questioned other things; Seventh Auntie was magnanimous.

But to say that Seventh Auntie was unreasonable was a bit much.

Since she moved to this place a few days ago, she had been living by "reason." How many villagers trusted her?

Hearing Seventh Auntie's words, the person in the sedan fell silent, seemingly thinking quickly. The Tianming General beside the sedan glanced down at the black sedan, his expression turning cold, clearly showing some impatience.

Slowly reining in his horse, he took a few steps forward and said in a deep voice, "We have no intention of disturbing the people, nor do we wish to offend the immortals. We only wish to find someone in the village ahead."

"That village has red lanterns hanging, and it belongs to the Red Lantern Goddess. It shouldn't be a place of incense for immortals. Since the immortal fears we're making too much noise, we can extinguish the lanterns. We'll just go to the village and find the person, is that alright?"

"What if it belongs to the Red Lantern Goddess?"

Seventh Auntie became impatient as soon as she heard this, "That Red Lantern Goddess is my little sister."

"You came to this place, talking about following the rules, but you only behaved for a few days. Now you're killing people and robbing grain everywhere, offending so many people and breaking so many rules!"

"The villagers are all cursing you. You don't even leave people a mouthful of life-saving grain. It's only because Seventh Auntie is kind-hearted that I don't bother with you, but since I'm here today, I won't give you any face."

"I said no, and that means no. Wherever you came from, go back there!"

"..."

"You…"

The Tianming General frowned upon hearing this, but the person in the sedan spoke tremulously first, "Very well, so this is how you represent the Hu family and reason?"

"You…you who have taken on this task of reasoning, could it be that you don't recognize me?"

"..."

"Eh?"

Seventh Auntie squinted her small green bean eyes at the sedan, hesitated for a long time, and said strangely, "Is this person crazy?"

"You're in the sedan, not even lifting the curtain. How am I supposed to recognize you?"

"..."

The person in the sedan heard this unreasonable argument, seemingly deliberately carrying some humiliating tone, and became so angry that he couldn't speak.

Seeing that he couldn't reason clearly, the Tianming General beside him turned cold, suddenly yanking the reins, his tall horse directly pressing forward.

The horse was several times taller than Seventh Auntie. It pressed forward menacingly in the dark, creating immense pressure, scaring Seventh Auntie's face. Even her shoe sole fell off. The person inside the sedan was shocked to see this.

Just as the Tianming General was about to force his horse in front of Seventh Auntie, a gust of Yin wind blew behind Seventh Auntie. In the deep darkness of the night, a little girl appeared, wearing a red tang suit and two pigtails.

The key point was that the little girl was carrying a huge ghost-head saber on her back. She dashed forward and handed it to Seventh Auntie on the sedan: "Here! For you."

Seventh Auntie had just been frightened by the rude fellow on the horse. She also remembered Hu Ma's instructions that if she encountered someone who didn't listen, she should go back to the village to get a knife. But the other party had come so quickly that she couldn't get away for a moment.

Seeing Little Hong Tang deliver it, she was overjoyed. She hurriedly reached out to take it, but unexpectedly, the knife was too heavy, and she couldn't hold it. The knife fell to the ground.

With a "chih" sound, it separated from the wooden sheath that partially covered the blade, and the blade plunged straight into the ground beside it.

The blade vibrated with a "buzz" sound, and even the black bone held in the ghost head at the hilt shook. In an instant, baleful aura overflowed.

The Tianming General's face changed drastically. He suddenly raised his sleeve to cover his face. Along with the black sedan and the maids beside it, the Tianming General's subordinates were all startled by the rushing baleful aura.

It was as if there were cries of evil ghosts ringing in their bodies. The banners behind them trembled, and the horse neighed and reared up.

"How can there be such a fierce thing?"

The Tianming General was terrified. His eyes turned red, and he reached for the weapon on the side of his horse.

"Stop!"

But at this moment, amidst the chaos, the person in the black sedan suddenly shouted. Her terror seemed not only because the sedan curtain was shaking from the baleful aura but also because she had seen Little Hong Tang, who had come to deliver the knife. Her soul seemed to have lost a few points.

For a moment, her legs actually felt weak, and she had the urge to rush out of the sedan and kneel forward, but she hadn't fully made up her mind and barely held on. The courage in her heart had completely dissipated.

When she spoke again, her voice had a hint of panic and fear, shouting loudly, "Leave! Retreat quickly! Do not be rude!"

"What?"

The Tianming General turned his head abruptly, looking at the black sedan in disbelief, his eyes full of anger.

"I said, leave!"

The person in the sedan lost her composure, looking through the curtain, "Have you forgotten what we agreed on before coming to Mingzhou?"

The Tianming General didn't speak, but slowly closed his eyes, as if using all his strength to suppress the anger in his heart. Finally, he reined in his horse and slowly waved his hand at the dozen or so subordinates.

Then, without a word, he let the horse, which had finally been calmed down, slowly turn around, carrying him, little by little, swaying, into the depths of the night.

"Eh? They left?"

Seventh Auntie on the sedan was stunned for a moment, curiously glanced at the departing figures, and waved the shoe in her hand: "It's a good thing you left quickly, or Grandma would have hit you with a shoe sole."

The sedan and the people riding beside it had come with great pomp, but left in silence and oppression. After walking three or four miles, someone finally spoke slowly, breaking the oppressive atmosphere. The Tianming General's voice seemed normal.

Only three words: "Why is that?"

The person in the sedan remained silent, seemingly too lazy to respond, and after a long while, said, "What do you mean, why is that?"

"You are a dignitary, and I am only chosen by the True Reason Sect."

The Tianming General intentionally or unintentionally moved his horse closer to the sedan, his gaze somewhat cold, looking at the top of the sedan, and slowly said, "You should be high above, a person of wealth, extremely accurate in your judgment."

"But how is it that since arriving in Mingzhou, you have been afraid of this and afraid of that, afraid of everything? Clearly, things that should have been agreed upon long ago have not been done?"

"..."

"Are you blaming me for stopping you?"

The person in the sedan took a long time to answer, her voice carrying obvious displeasure, and replied in a low voice, "But in your eyes, that's just a small spirit, but you don't know, she represents that person coming to reason!"

"If reasoning doesn't work with you, then he'll come with a knife."

"..."

Hearing the word "knife," even the Tianming General paused slightly, and then said in a deep voice, "I come from the True Reason Sect, and I have always maintained sufficient respect for the experts in the Dao. I also know that you are waiting for a word from an expert here..."

"...but his airs are a bit too much."

"..."

Sensing the dissatisfaction in his heart, the person in the sedan fell silent, and after a long time, sighed, "Actually, I don't know why he's so patient..."

"I can understand his grievances, his requests for help, even his complaints and tantrums, but why won't he show himself?"

"It's not just you who are anxious, I am too. Even three uncles and the one they painstakingly invited to Mingzhou, every day they wait, I don't know how much patience they're consuming..."

"..."

The Tianming General heard this, chuckled, but didn't speak. The person in the sedan seemed to be gradually growing angry: "And the reason we are willing to wait is because we all know his grievances and are willing to indulge him..."

"But now, he has given away the position of the Reasoning Hall Official so easily..."

"He doesn't even know what the Four Hall Officials represent, and it even represents that he is too naive and doesn't have the qualifications to pick up that thing..."

"..."

Towards the end, even the Tianming General was surprised by the weight of her tone, and opened his mouth slightly, wanting to speak, when he heard the person in the sedan's voice suddenly become heavier:

"Stop complaining, do your job. We also need to see him as soon as possible and make him understand things..."

(End of this chapter)