Chapter 142 Qinglong Huahe, the white-haired old man
Take a day's rest and set off at chenshi.
There is no news about the house promised by the fifth prince. It may be that the old eunuch has not found a suitable one yet.
However, Jiang Wuji didn't care about this. If he had no place to live, he would stay at Li Changfeng's house. Anyway, his family was big and he was the only one.
As for the one hundred taels of silver promised by Li Changfeng in Baiyue City, it became three hundred taels because of the relationship between the three demons of the Red Lotus Sect.
This was a huge amount of income for Jiang Wuji, otherwise he wouldn't have had the trouble to go to Qingcheng.
Qingcheng is not far from the capital and can be reached in less than five days on horseback.
As long as Fengtiansi's tasks are completed, you can get the corresponding rewards. As for how you complete them, it doesn't matter.
Therefore, Jiang Wuji brought Xiaoyu and Cao Li with him on this trip. Firstly, they insisted on following him, and secondly, they were not at ease in the capital.
As for Han Jiangxue, he will definitely follow.
Jiang Wuji is not stupid. If he doesn't use a fifth-grade beauty bodyguard, isn't that Chun Chun sick?
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"Da da da……"
The inconspicuous carriage jolted forward, the driver was still Cao Li, but there was Han Jiangxue in the originally empty front room.
"I've smoothed my horse's mane all the way, what are you going to do?" Han Jiangxue couldn't help but ask.
Cao Li chuckled and said, "I can't help but feel uncomfortable, that Miss Han... Actually there is something I have always wanted to say."
"Say." Han Jiangxue looked indifferent.
Cao Li: "Your hair is tied a little crookedly today. It looks really uncomfortable..."
Han Jiangxue is a rather sassy woman. She usually wears a high ponytail and doesn't care about anything else.
Now Cao Li's words can be regarded as letting Han Jiangxue understand what's wrong with him and just ignore it.
"Tell me about Qingcheng, how much do you know?" Jiang Wuji's voice came from the carriage.
"Well... I don't know, hehehe." Cao Li scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
But this can't be blamed on him. If it weren't for Jiang Wuji, he might not be able to enter the capital in his life. Naturally, he has no idea about things around the capital.
At this level, we still have to rely on Han Jiangxue.
"In the early years, I worked with bandits around Qingcheng and had some understanding of them."
"The name of Qingcheng comes from Qinghe River. After the city was built, the river was renamed Qingcheng River."
"In the early years, there was a water ghost eating people in Qingcheng River, which made people panic. Later, Fengtiansi sent people to investigate, and it was found that a pig butcher went crazy and killed several people in a row. In order to destroy the corpses and eliminate traces, the killer
The pigmaker threw part of the body into the river and sold part of it to the local people as pork."
"After the matter was found out, the pig butcher was burned alive by the people and drowned in the river to feed the fish, but no bones were left."
"Following on, people would often see the figure of the pig butcher by the river. Fengtian's investigation was fruitless and the matter was settled. In fact, after the death of the pig butcher, except for bandits and horse bandits, nothing happened in Qingcheng.
Other substantial disasters.”
Han Jiangxue brushed aside the blue hair on his forehead, and his smooth face glowed with a charming luster in the sun.
It stands to reason that Hanjiang would not have such good skin if he lived in the snow and slept in the open, but this bug could be solved by the warrior's huge health.
After listening to what Han Jiangxue said, Jiang Wuji couldn't help but frown.
"This matter seems to have nothing to do with this case..."
The two of them remained silent because they had no clue, and Jiang Wuji was much better at this than them.
After a while, Han Jiangxue suddenly remembered something and said: "Qingcheng relies heavily on the Qingcheng River. In other words, there would be no Qingcheng without Qinghe, so they hold a sacrifice there every month.
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"Sacrifice?" Jiang Wuji was very sensitive to these two things.
Han Jiangxue: "Sacrifice to the Dragon King."
"Sacrifice to the Dragon King? Shouldn't it be the River God? Can there be a Dragon King in the river?" Jiang Wuji felt a little outrageous.
Han Jiangxue paused and then said: "This is quite far-reaching..."
"According to legend, a long time ago, the place where Qingcheng is located was a barren land with long-term drought."
"Later, a green dragon fell from the sky and lay dormant here. Finally, the green dragon turned into water, and the water gathered into a river. This is the origin of Qinghe... It is estimated that the people in Qingcheng sacrificed to the Dragon King, and they sacrificed it to the legendary green dragon that transformed into a river."
"Haha... legends are usually lies. This is too metaphysical." Jiang Wuji couldn't help but complain.
"Metaphysics? What do you mean?" Han Jiangxue frowned.
"..., it's nothing, I just think this legend is false."
"maybe."
Jiang Wuji's suspicion was well-founded.
Although this world itself is very metaphysical, according to the situation of the roe owl, the blue dragon should also belong to the gods.
The name of God cannot be directly called, just like Cao Li could not name the roe owl... This is also equivalent to indirect proof that the "roe deer owl" is real.
It's just that due to certain rules, people who don't practice the concept of fruit roe deer owl can't call him by his name.
At present, "Blue Dragon" can be said, so the Green Dragon in this world is most likely fictitious. Since it is fictitious, it naturally has no "unspeakable" influence.
Qinglong transforms into the river, sacrifices are made to the Dragon King, pig butchers kill people...
Ghost shadows and floating corpses appear on the riverside every day...
Jiang Wuji reviewed these events several times in his mind, but still couldn't find any connection between them.
Maybe I was overthinking it, but the case in my hand had nothing to do with the rumors in Qingcheng. In the final analysis, this was the lowest level "Di Zhi Hai" case.
If these things are involved, how can it be possible for Earthly Branches to Hai?
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At the same time, Fengtiansi in the capital.
"Sir, will this case be too difficult for him?" Li Changfeng bowed and showed great respect to the white-haired old man sitting cross-legged in front of the case.
The white-haired old man closed his eyes and said nothing.
After a long stalemate, Li Changfeng said again: "According to the rules, joining Fengtiansi does require you to complete the task of Earthly Zhihai first, but there is no need to give him the task of Earthly Zhiwu..."
Fengtiansi's tasks are arranged according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Heavenly Stem A is one and Earthly Branches Hai are twenty-two.
The heavenly stems have not been seen for many years, and the Leping matter is only ranked eighteen, which is the end of the earthly branches.
Li Changfeng's current ranking of the Earthly Branches and Noondays is seventeen. From a certain perspective, the Qingcheng incident is more dangerous than the Leping epidemic.
It is unprecedented in the history of the department to allow a seventh-grade person to complete the task of Earthly Branch Wu.
After a while, the white-haired old man opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
Although he is already twilight, the old man's eyes are brighter and clearer than most young people, with clear black and white, spotless, no ripples in the ancient well, and restrained spirit.
"The Holy Spirit means it," the old man said.
"Your Majesty?" Li Changfeng's expression changed and he couldn't say anything.
The old man looked at Li Changfeng calmly and asked: "How is his practice of the five ghost transporting technique going?"
Li Changfeng: "It seems to be still on the first floor."
