Chapter 263: All monks die, but all pilgrims remain
Qian Huan Gui Ji also had too strict requirements for Yasushi. In this era where communication basically relies on roaring, not everyone can use cheap labor like ghosts who can communicate and transport like Bai Guimen.
Most of the people in Jingyesi are ordinary people, and they are very short of funds. The entire Jingyesi only has a few horses, which are not often used. One hundred people sounds like a lot, but they are not only responsible for the entire Xingsha County
, as well as surrounding villages and towns.
If the counties under its jurisdiction need support, Xingsha Jingyesi will still need to provide help.
It can be said that Jingyesi is actually operating at high intensity. There are only a few people in Jingyesi. They need to move wherever they need to go, but there are too many big and small things that Jingyesi can't handle at all.
Secondly, they do not have the means to monitor the surrounding area. To discover the situation, they usually wait for others to report the crime, or wait for the emissaries to come back after inquiring about the situation——
Tingfengshi is a police officer who patrols around to detect demons. Nowadays, there are almost no such full-time positions.
Under the current situation, if Jingyesi wanted to know what happened on Lushan Mountain, he would have to wait for someone to discover something strange in Lushan Mountain, and then Jingyesi's people would arrange for someone to come over.
If no one found out and reported the crime, Yasushi probably would never have known about it.
It snowed heavily not long ago, but the snow in the city has cleared up, and the outside of the city is still covered in snow, so no one has to rush to the mountain to worship Buddha in a day or two. Anyway, the weather has cleared up, so there is no harm in waiting.
According to this trend, Qian Huan Gui Ji can wait another three to five days before anyone comes to Lushan Temple.
However, there was no need to wait three or five days this time, because Jingyesi's people discovered that Shang Chang'er was missing.
Since joining Jingyesi, Shang Shang'er has been very diligent and rarely absent from work.
She didn't have many friends, so she didn't show up on the first night, which didn't attract many people to notice anything unusual. However, she still didn't see her at night the next day, and she didn't see her at work after nightfall. Chen Huaiyuan started looking for someone to ask Shang Shang'er.
whereabouts.
When I went to the city gate guard to ask, I wasted a lot of time.
The county soldiers here were originally leaderless. After being conquered by King Liang, they reluctantly surrendered to the enemy. They are temporarily under the control of Hua Luoxue. Hua Luoxue is executing according to the orders of King Liang. Don't mess around in general and don't worry about small details.
In other words, you can absorb Yang Qi and do whatever you like, but you can't cause chaos in the city, so Hua Luoxue also ordered people to maintain order in the city.
But Hua Luoxue's life was short-lived, and before she could be happy for a long time, Guan Buping broke out and killed her. Xingsha City had not yet adapted to Hua Luoxue's rule, and started the leaderless mode again.
So the errands became lazy, the defenders did not guard the city properly, and the officials hurriedly harmed the public and enriched themselves.
By not disturbing the people, Bao Sanniang's advice has paid off.
If they really want to rob the people, they are also worried about being liquidated by their superiors in the future.
Because of the chaotic management, Chen Huaiyuan went through several twists and turns before he found the county soldier who was still on duty at the top of the city and asked about Shang Chang'er's whereabouts.
When he learned that Shang Shang'er had gone to Lushan, Chen Huaiyuan did another divination, but the divination was vague and could not predict good or bad luck.
This situation often heralds unknown dangers, but there may also be unknown opportunities.
As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger. Chen Huaiyuan hesitated and decided to go up the mountain.
When he arrived at the mountain, Lin Yi dragged his family away.
By the time Chen Huaiyuan went up the mountain and discovered something strange, and broke the jade charm sent by Qu Jing to ask for help, Lin Yi and others had already arrived at the northern foot of Hengshan Mountain.
"There is something going on in Xingsha City. I have to go back and take a look."
Qu Jing also didn't expect that on her first day away, something would happen with Jingyesi, and the most urgent emergency contact method was used.
By the way, what kind of Feng Shui treasure is Xingsha City? How come it never stops for a day?
Ji Yi was quite speechless, but he was more or less used to it. Rather, this request for help came at the right time.
He stood up decisively and said: "You don't have to go back, just let me go for you."
"But, aren't you afraid of that woman ambushing you?"
"Don't worry, if she dares to come, I will make sure she never comes back."
Qu Jing was a little unsure of Lin Yi's strength when she saw how confident he was. However, she found that Jiang Linglong didn't stop him, so she naturally didn't object.
Others thought the same way. Although they were confused about where Lin Yi's confidence came from, Jiang Linglong didn't object and Ji Yi was so confident. They couldn't hold him back.
Therefore, Jiang Linglong took them further south, while Lin Yi returned to Xingsha County to rush for reinforcements.
Lin Yi had some plans to break away from the team. Only if he left the team would Qian Huan Gui Ji attack him.
And now that his moral skills have greatly increased, as long as there are no hostages in Qian Huan Gui Ji's hands, and Qian Huan Gui Ji does not choke her life, Ji Yi is not afraid of her at all.
This wave of departures from the team was originally intended to lure the snake out of its hole.
Just running all the way to Xingsha City, Qian Huan Gui Ji didn't take any action, and Ji Yi couldn't help but feel a little strange. Did Qian Huan Gui Ji not follow him, or was he too careful, worried that Jiang Linglong was ambushing him secretly?
Lin Yi was not attacked until he found Lushan. After meeting up with Chen Huaiyuan, he temporarily put aside the matter of Qian Huan Gui Ji and asked about Chen Huaiyuan's situation.
Chen Huaiyuan also didn't expect that he was summoning Qu Jing, but it was Lin Yi who came. He was greatly disappointed. In his opinion, Lin Yi's strength was still much inferior to Qu Jing's.
But come and go, we are still teammates.
"Everyone on the mountain is frozen, including monks and Shang Shang'er from Lushan Temple, as well as some overnight pilgrims. I don't know what kind of force has frozen them. I don't dare to do anything rashly, lest I get hurt.
their lives."
Frozen? It’s not really a snow demon, is it?
This thought flashed through Lin Yi's mind and he hurried up the mountain. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Shang Chang'er and a woman beside Shang Chang'er at first sight.
Looking at his position, he seemed to be traveling with Shang Chang'er.
Regardless of who the other person is, he might be a fellow pilgrim, or they might just happen to be together.
This had little to do with this case, so Lin Yi walked up first and cracked it twice, shattering the ice on the surface of the two people, but not hurting the people inside at all.
Qian Huan Gui Ji just saw Lin Yi now, and she was immediately overjoyed. With Lin Yi coming, her long wait would be in vain.
The moment the ice broke, she fell down stiffly, as if she were an ordinary woman who had been frozen.
Ji Yi quickly put his arm around her and held her wrist. He found that her pulse was weak and dangerous, so he quickly put a talisman on her.
The same operation was done to Shang Chang'er, but when he went to break the monk's ice, he found that the monk had frozen to death. Lin Yi continued to go inside, only to find that there were 147 monks and pilgrims inside, and 11
All twelve monks died, but the faint breath of the thirty-five pilgrims remained.
In other words, is this a case of extermination against Lushan Temple?