Outside Baiyue City, Wufeng Mountain and Liuhu Lake.
The scale of Liuhu Lake far exceeded Jiang Wuji's imagination. The calm lake surface was like a mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds and all the weeping willows beside the lake.
Occasionally, there is a breeze, and the waves are sparkling, and the floating light is golden.
The newly dug river channel leads all the way to Baiyue City. Now as long as the gate is ordered to be opened, the water from Liuhu Lake will rush along the river channel and eventually flow into Baiyue City through canals.
"Aren't you going to investigate a case? What are you doing here?" Han Jiangxue, holding a long gun, asked with a frown.
Jiang Wuji: "General, don't worry, I'm here just to investigate the case."
Just when Han Jiangxue wanted to ask the reason, a soldier walked up to Zheng Xinghe and whispered: "Sir, we have already found out."
"Then say it quickly!" Zheng Xinghe, who was sweating profusely, urged with a frown. Normally he would have kicked him to vent his anger.
However, before the pawn could speak, Li Changfeng, who was holding the Mo sword, stopped him: "Don't rush to speak."
Then, he winked at Zhu Yao, who understood the situation and took out a brown talisman paper from the small bag and pasted it on the soldier's forehead.
"Don't lie, otherwise the talisman will catch fire and burn you to death."
In Zhu Yao's sweet warning voice, the pawn's legs softened and he knelt on the ground with a pop.
The color on Zheng Xinghe's face was completely gone, and his body was even trembling under his official robe.
After a long while, under Li Changfeng's urging, the frightened soldier finally spoke.
"After investigation and verification, the real name of the papermaker in the west of the city is Wu Laosan. He is from Xiaowu Village, but he has settled in the city for many years and rarely returns to the village..."
"Xiaowu Village is now Liuhu, right?" Jiang Wuji asked.
Neither Zheng Xinghe nor the soldier responded immediately, but Han Jiangxue took the initiative to speak: "Yes, the lake water comes from the underground river. It submerged several villages in the past, and Xiaowu Village was one of them."
Jiang Wuji nodded, then looked at Zheng Xinghe and asked, "Should he continue to talk about the rest, or will Master Zheng do the talking?"
"Master Zheng?"
Zheng Xinghe trembled all over, and then he knelt on the ground with a thud. Just when he was about to beg for mercy, Jiang Wuji spoke first:
"Just tell the truth, no need to talk nonsense."
Zheng Xinghe swallowed hard and said: "Xiaoguan, I still have some impression of the name Wu Laosan... When the lake was built, Wu Laosan's parents refused to leave and were stubborn. In the end, it should be Drowned..."
"If I'm not wrong, it should be because Mr. Zheng squandered the court's subsidies, which made the people dissatisfied and unwilling to leave. As a result, Mr. Zheng finally forced the construction work and flooded the place, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people, right?" Jiang Wuji said calmly. road.
By this time, Zheng Xinghe knew that he could no longer defend himself, so he could only find a way to remove some of the crimes from his body.
"Sir, sir, I was confused for a moment, but I really didn't know that the paper maker was Wu Laosan! If I knew, how could I let him tie up the master? I, I..."
Jiang Wuji ignored Zheng Xinghe, but looked at Han Jiangxue, whose expression changed, and said, "General Han, this matter is already very clear. Do you need me to clarify it for the general?"
Han Jiangxue gritted her teeth and said, "What nonsense! Make sense!"
"..." What a shrew.
Jiang Wuji rubbed his brows and said: "There is a blood feud, but Wu Laosan knows that the city is heavily guarded, and it is almost impossible to kill Master Zheng with his ability. Therefore, he can only control the paper man in the evil way. A large-scale killing spree was launched on Chongyang Festival in order to bring chaos and unseat Lord Zheng."
"After this incident, even if Mr. Zheng can save his head, he can't keep the black gauze hat on his head."
"It is precisely because his target is Mr. Zheng, and what he has done is not to the extent of shaking the fate of the country, so the city-protecting magic weapon is in peace, and it is impossible for General Han to censor an old craftsman in the city."
"In order to avenge the Liuhu incident, we will not hesitate to harm Chiyu. This is the truth behind the Double Ninth Festival murder case!"
As soon as the words fell, Zheng Xinghe collapsed on the ground and fell unconscious.
At the same time, Han Jiangxue's little face was turning blue and white, and for a while he didn't even have the courage to look at Jiang Wuji.
Jiang Wuji said with a smile: "Room No. 1, Tianzi, Yingfu Inn, the clothes I changed into have not been washed yet."
The three of them were in an extremely embarrassed state when they entered the city, so Li Changfeng took the time to open a room and asked Zhu Yao to buy some clothes for Jiang Wuji and Xiaoyu Cao to change into.
These are just small amounts of money, Mr. Li is not stingy to this extent.
However, everyone was confused by Jiang Wuji's confusing words. Jiang Zhiyu, who was following, thought his brother was ill again, so he held his brother's arm and whispered: "Brother, I came in a hurry, I'll check it out when I get back."
Washed."
"Need not."
Jiang Wuji shook his head: "General Han will wash it for us."
The girl was stunned, Cao Li's eyes widened, and some soldiers who knew Han Jiangxue's temper broke into cold sweats.
What? Let a fifth-grade warrior wash your clothes? Are you looking for death?
However, Jiang Wuji was like a weakling who was not afraid of death. He raised his chin at Han Jiangxue and urged: "General Han, what are you waiting for?"
Han Jiangxue wanted to kill the thief in front of her with one shot, but she, who had always kept her promises, could not do such a thing, so she could only give Jiang Wuji a hard look and turn around to leave.
After Han Jiangxue walked away, Li Changfeng said: "Brother Jiang is so awesome. Let Han Jiangxue wash your clothes. If word gets out, will you not be allowed to go sideways in the future?"
Do you think she is only allowed to wash clothes? I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about the maid.
Jiang Wuji did not say these words, but said seriously: "It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning. Let's deal with the business first."
"Business? Hasn't the truth come to light?" Li Changfeng said in surprise.
Jiang Wuji: "The Chongyang Disaster has been investigated, but hasn't the demon from the Red Lotus Sect not been found yet?"
Hearing this, Li Changfeng immediately put away his frivolous smile, "Didn't Brother Jiang say that this matter has nothing to do with the Red Lotus Sect? Why are you saying this again?"
"One yard owned by a yard."
Jiang Wuji said casually, and then said: "Liu Lake concerns all the people here. If I were a member of the Red Lotus Sect, I would definitely tamper with the water source."
Hearing this, Zhu Yao quickly walked to the lake, then picked up the lake water with her little hands and took a sip directly.
Jiang Wuji: "..."
"Bah chirp."
After tasting the lake water carefully, Zhu Yao said: "This water is not poisonous."
Li Changfeng explained: "Don't be surprised, everyone. Zhu Yao is best at refining poisons, and she often tested poisons on herself when she was in the company. Therefore, when she said that the lake water is non-poisonous, it must be non-poisonous."
Good guy, I can’t tell that this petite and exquisite girl is actually a human body poison testing machine, so isn’t this beep also poisonous?
Putting aside his surprise, the fact that the lake water is now non-toxic is equivalent to denying Jiang Wuji's judgment.
Is it possible that this lake has nothing to do with the underground river in the tomb? Am I overthinking it?
Thinking of the children's bones and poisoned rats he encountered in the tomb before, Jiang Wuji's brows frowned deeply.
Which link is the problem?
According to Zheng Xinghe, the water veins in the city are on the verge of drying up. Once Liuhu Lake is opened, the lake water here will inevitably become the most important water source in Baiyue City!
Leaving aside what happened in the tomb, the Red Lotus Sect should also take action on the water source, but now the lake water is not poisonous...
Could it be that he was afraid of being discovered, so he wanted to wait until the water was brought into the city before poisoning?
If this is the case, then the Red Lotus Sect is very likely to be observing in secret. As long as Baiyue City is still on tight defense, they will definitely not take action.
I can't afford to waste time. I have to rush to the capital to find a way to establish a relationship with the Imperial Master who is also flawless.
Think again, think again.
If the Red Lotus wants to poison, which method will they use to do it... No! No, no!
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Jiang Wuji sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, as if he had fallen into trance.
"If you want to make a fuss about water sources, poisoning is the best way."
"But there are so many people in the city and Liuhu Lake is so big. If we want to poison, it will definitely take a lot of doses."
"Now that Fengtiansi has set its sights on Baiyue City, thieves like the Red Lotus Sect must have known about it."
"So if they want to successfully complete the mission, they must have everything ready now, otherwise they will have to retreat."
"Following this line of thinking, it means that no matter whether the Red Lotus people show up now or not, their preparations have been completed."
"If it's poisoning, the source of the poison must be nearby..."
"Underground river! Yes! Underground river!"
"If the Red Lotus Sect has prepared a source of poison, it must be in the underground river!"