Chapter 536 Differentiation
Chapter 536 Differentiation
"The one hanging on the door may not be a door god, but may be a land god."
Mei Xiangu said to Tian Lin, "When we left the old village chief's courtyard, didn't he ask everyone to close their doors and windows and worship the land?"
"Both the land god and the door god seem to be protecting these villagers. In this way, as long as the old night watchman's door is not blown open, the evil spirits outside will not be able to do anything to him."
Zhou Ting frowned: "So, Senior Brother Zuo's method is useless. We can't kill the evil spirits in the villagers just by removing the door bolts. Unless we remove the door god portraits, it will work."
At this time, everyone was in a very difficult situation. Even the soldiers and evil spirits did not dare to touch the door god portraits. So who among the people present would dare to take the risk to wipe the door god portraits?
Moreover, if there is only one image of this door god, it would be fine. At most, it would cost a person's life, and then you would know.
But there are more than a hundred households in the entire Taiping Village. Even if all the lives were sacrificed to fill the door gods, only the door gods of eight households could be filled.
"Look at things on the bright side. Since the door gods are not easy to destroy, won't it be more beneficial to our safety?"
Tian Lin laughed. Although everyone felt that this was not a good time to be optimistic, they could not deny that what he said made sense.
Now that the external threats have disappeared, internal conflicts are difficult to resolve.
Tian Lin saw that Mei Xiangu was about to cause trouble for the Jurchen disciples again, so he simply spoke before her:
"Did you discover anything during your investigation of the village today?"
Du Qiping over there shook his head slightly and said:
"Perhaps because there is an 'official' among us, the villagers avoid us like snakes and scorpions and are particularly wary of us. Not to mention entering their house to investigate, even looking inside from outside the yard is difficult."
Du Qiping paused, and then said, "But we are not completely unsuccessful. At least we have confirmed that these villagers really don't dare to kill the official."
Zhou Ting nodded: "Today, the old night watchman did as expected. He wanted to come in and search the house after you left, but I drove him away. It can be seen that being an official can save your life in this village.
But now, among the eight of us, apart from me and Junior Brother Tian, who are the other two officials? This is the problem we need to solve first. If this problem is not solved, we can only form three teams instead of four teams, which is a huge waste of manpower and time. "
"This matter is not difficult to resolve."
As soon as Tian Lin said this, everyone around him brightened up and looked at Tian Lin.
Tian Lin said: "Among the people in the room now, except for me, Senior Brother Zhou and Junior Sister Wang Yuanji, it is still unclear who is a commoner and who is an official. That is why the five of us dare not split into two teams.
In fact, among these five people, as long as two civilians die, two of the remaining three will definitely be officials. At that time, if the three people are divided into two teams, won’t our group be divided into four teams? "
As soon as he said this, the faces of the people who were expecting something suddenly turned dark.
"What kind of bullshit is this?"
The Jurchen disciple said, "The reason why we dare not split up is because we are afraid of innocent people dying. I thought you had a good way to save everyone, but I didn't expect your method was to kill two people first—"
Tian Lin was not ashamed or angry after being scolded by the Jurchen disciples. He said, "Besides this, I can't think of any other way to divide our group into four teams. In fact, we won't lose money if we do this, right?
Although two people died, we were able to send another team to gather information, which would increase everyone's chances of survival."
This is clearly a sophistry, but if you analyze it carefully, it actually makes sense.
However, Zhou Ting did not nod his head. Regardless of whether what Tian Lin said was feasible or not, even if it was feasible, he could not afford the crime of killing his fellow disciples.
Not to mention Zhou Ting's disagreement, even Mei Xiangu shook her head and said, "If we want to implement this method, we need someone to take risks and sacrifice to test it. Who among us is willing to take risks and make sacrifices?" Tian Lin looked at the Jurchen disciples over there and said sincerely:
"Sister just sacrificed me and Sister Mei for the safety of everyone. It can be seen that in Sister's mind, there is no personal interest that cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation. So why not start with Sister and do something that benefits everyone first?"
At this point, how could everyone not guess Tian Lin’s purpose?
Obviously, Tian Lin is not a very broad-minded person. Like Mei Xiangu, he wants his Jurchen disciples to die.
"So this is your purpose? What a joke! You want my head, do you have the guts to take it?"
Zhou Ting, who was standing by, also frowned and said, "Junior Sister Yu didn't allow us to open the door, although this was indeed inappropriate. But in the final analysis, we still didn't listen to her. Now that we are facing an external enemy, why do you have to keep harping on this matter, Junior Brother?"
Tian Lin shook his head and said, "Brother Zhou is wrong. How could I ever intend to kill Sister Yu? I asked Sister Yu to come out for a test just to turn Team Three into Team Four, which is good for everyone.
Besides, maybe Senior Sister Yu is the official, and this test will not kill her? Besides, have you ever thought about it? The villagers only killed Bai Shen and not the official, which was originally our guess. Although it sounds reasonable, no one has ever tested it. If this information is wrong, we may be wiped out if we are not careful. "
Everyone's heart was moved. After all, it was just as Tian Lin said - why didn't the villagers dare to kill the official? Maybe there were other reasons why the villagers didn't dare to do it?
And this really needs to be tested on someone.
"What do you mean, you guys won't believe his nonsense, right?"
Seeing that no one in the room spoke, the Jurchen disciple finally became anxious.
Just as dissatisfied as the female Jurchen disciples, Du Qiping and the other two male Jurchen disciples all shook their heads in dissatisfaction.
One of the male disciples said, "We are all from the same sect. How can we let our fellow disciples make sacrifices? This is too immoral."
Tian Lin heard this and said, "My fellow brothers, you suspect that I have selfish motives. How about this - let Senior Sister Yu come out to test us. We will also send someone out to test us. This way, it can be considered fair and just, right?"
Mei Xiangu and Wang Yanyu both looked at Tian Lin to see if Tian Lin was joking.
It was obvious that if they sent someone to test the waters, it must be one of her and Wang Yanyu.
If they were officials, there might be no risk in testing them. But what if they were not officials? The final result would be verified with their lives.
On the other side, the male disciple who had spoken righteously before shut up.
As long as the fire doesn't burn him and the matter is in his favor, how could he object?
Not only that, he also said: "This is fair."
The female disciple of the Zhenchuan sect was furious and pointed at the male disciple and said, "Mr. Liu, what do you mean by that?"
The female Jurchen disciple's words were harsh, and it was obvious that the male Jurchen disciple's words offended her.
The male disciple was not stupid. He knew he couldn't let the tiger go back to the mountain, so he said clearly, "I think what Junior Brother Tian said makes sense. Why not let Senior Sister Yu go out and try it out first?"
(End of this chapter)