Chapter 122: Taoist Priest Li
Bailu Town had over a hundred households and about five hundred people. In one night, more than forty were lost.
They were all connected by family ties, so by daytime, the entire town was in mourning.
Normally, this would absolutely be a major case that would alarm the prefectural government. But at this juncture... who would have the mind to care?
Prefect Zhao was planning to head north, and his three Prefectural Governors were busy dealing with the disaster in Weicheng. Even after all this, they wouldn't get any credit—after all, such a major incident had occurred in your jurisdiction, and the future looked bleak.
Therefore, on the third day, only a Head Constable came from Weicheng with three bailiffs. He first questioned the clan elders and the local ward leaders. After the questioning, he simply declared it a natural disaster, a capsized boat, and ordered them "not to cause any more trouble." Otherwise, if the officials in the city were further annoyed, it was not out of the question that they would "arrest you all and charge you with murder for profit."
With this threat...
There was truly nowhere to turn for justice.
It was then that people remembered the supernatural events Du Zi'e had spoken of.
Thus, the three words "Lord of Dongting" became the most frequently heard phrase in Bailu Town.