At first it was sporadic rain stars falling, and after a while it became heavier and heavier.
Jiang Ran and his party made some twists and turns and packed all the corpses around them onto the cart.
One car is not enough, and Jiang Ran is indeed well prepared.
It took three carts to collect all the named corpses from Wuxin Gui Mansion and Zuodaozhuang.
This is not a good thing for others.
But for Jiang Ran, this is life-saving medicine.
Although most of them were not killed by Jiang Ran...
But the system never said that it must be someone who kills someone before they can receive the reward, right?
At least I haven't said it in the past, just take it there and give it a try first.
There is another section...
There is still no trace of the young owner of the village.
I don’t know if he is still in the Valley of Rebirth.
Jiang Ran didn't look for it either.
After all, the situation in the Valley of Rebirth is not suitable for exploration.
Now it's raining, making it even more difficult.
Moreover, the further you go into the Valley of Life, the heavier the fog becomes. If you can't find anyone when you look back, and if you are trapped in it again, then the gain outweighs the loss.
After thinking about it again and again, I made other plans.
Then he decided to lead everyone back.
It's just that the rain is getting heavier and heavier.
Jiang Ran, Li Tianxin and Gui Shisan each pushed a cart.
It's okay for now, but if the mountain road becomes slippery for a while, it will be difficult to push the car.
Wouldn't it be a pity if one or two bodies were lost?
Liu Wenshan was supported by Ye Jingshuang and Shi Miao.
Although his body was far from being able to walk without being carried, it was still a bit difficult for him to walk another twenty miles in the rain.
Therefore, the group of people first left the Valley of the Past, and then decided to find a place to take shelter from the rain.
Shelter from the rain is not difficult to find.
Not far from the Valley of Rebirth, there is a cave.
It's what Jiang Ran got from visiting the sites in the past two days.
Jiang Ran also discovered a bear here at that time.
He had no intention of killing, and since he had important things to do, he got rid of him.
Who would have thought that this bear didn't know whether to live or die, and went deep into the Valley of Life to look for Jiang Ran, only to see it trapped in it, unable to find a way out, and invaded by miasma, causing it to suffer terribly.
Jiang Ranbian couldn't bear it and took action to help him escape.
Now if I want to find a place to take shelter from the rain, this cave is just right.
He led everyone there in a familiar manner.
However, the cave is not very spacious and the three carts cannot fit in, so they have to be placed outside to find a place to hide them.
Afterwards, everyone walked into the cave one after another.
The smell in here is not pleasant.
After all, it is a cramped place, occupied by wild animals, and filled with all kinds of strange smells.
Jiang Ran led everyone to sit down, and several people looked at each other. Li Tianxin was the first to speak:
"Have you been busy with this these past two days?"
Jiang Ran naturally asked this question.
Jiang Ran nodded lightly:
"I asked Lord Chang before and found out that there were three places that were quite dangerous, so I checked them out myself.
"It's just that of the three places Mr. Chang mentioned, only the Valley of Rebirth is the most suitable and occupies a natural location.
"As for the haunted village, it's just a legend. I waited there all night, let alone ghosts...there was no one pretending to be a ghost.
"As for Yinlongpo... there is actually an ancient tomb underneath.
"The soil in that place was soft, there were traps underfoot, and there were ground rats digging holes. When people passed by, the soil couldn't bear their weight, so they fell in."
"Under Yinlong Slope...is an ancient tomb?"
Liu Wenshan was surprised when he heard: "
"I don't even know about this."
"Do you know what dynasty it is from?"
Li Tianxin also became interested: "How about we go for a trip in two days?"
"If you want to go, just go by yourself."
Jiang Ran smiled and said: "But that place has been looted long ago. Moreover, the method is not just like a field mouse, it is like plowing the ground. Wherever it passes, not a single blade of grass grows."
Li Tianxin's heart moved: "Is it the government?"
"Nine times out of ten, you're right."
Jiang Ran said: "The previous county magistrate once went to investigate Yinlongpo, but he didn't mention a word about the specific situation, and he refused to allow anyone to set foot on Yinlongpo..."
"I see."
Li Tianxin suddenly realized: "I'm afraid that people will find out. It's a pity... it's a pity."
There was indeed a look of regret all over his face.
It seemed that he was very disappointed that he could not dig a grave.
Ye Jingshuang looked at this and that, wondering when Jiang Ran had made so many friends?
Jiang Ran glanced at her, then remembered that he hadn't introduced them to her yet, so he pointed at Li Tianxin and Gui Shisan and introduced them to her.
And when she heard the three words "Ghost Thirteen", her expression suddenly changed.
After pondering for a moment, he asked softly:
"Wuxin Ghost Mansion...what happened?"
Ghost Thirteen frowned slightly, now he already knew about the Hong Maple Leaf family.
I know what those demons and monsters who left Wuxin Ghost Mansion did...
Facing the inquiry from Ye Jingshuang, the suffering master, he hesitated for a long time before saying:
“I really can’t disclose anything about the situation inside the government.
"This is an iron rule...
"But the Hong Maple Leaf family's affairs will be fully disclosed to the master of the palace after I leave.
"I believe the master of the palace will definitely give you an explanation."
Having said that, Ye Jingshuang did not continue to ask further questions.
If it were before today, naturally I would not give up so easily.
But now she has learned from Tong Wanli that the chaos in Wuxin Gui Mansion has been planned by Tianshangque for a long time, and it may not be a conspiracy.
If so, Wuxin Guifu may also be a victim in this incident.
Even if I could blame them for their lax supervision, other than that, it would not help.
Whatever you say now is just a waste of words.
In the final analysis, Tong Wanli is to blame for the Hong Maple Leaf family's disaster.
Tong Wanli was dead and his heads were beheaded by Jiang Ran.
This matter ends here.
Thinking of this, her heart suddenly felt empty, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.
It happened that Jiang Ran's eyes fell on her at this time and asked:
"Shuang'er, what are your plans for the future?"
Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran and suddenly smiled:
"I want to stay with you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Shi Miao, looked at Jiang Ran.
Li Tianxin's eyes narrowed, rolling back and forth on Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang's bodies, with unclear meaning.
Jiang Ran was also stunned:
"Why?"
"Repay the favor."
Ye Jingshuang spoke softly:
"Brother Jiang, you have helped me out of trouble time and time again. Without you, I would have died countless times.
"Now he is helping me plan and set up a plan to avenge a bloody feud.
"When Tong Wanli died, I finally had an explanation for my parents and the Ye family who died in vain.
"There is no way I can repay this great kindness. I am willing to stay with you all the time, bring you tea and water, and take care of your food, clothing, housing and transportation to repay this kindness."
"Miss Ye has a clear sense of grudges and grudges, which is admirable."
Before Jiang Ran could speak, Li Tianxin had already raised his eyebrows:
"However, you have always been well-dressed and well-fed, and of noble birth.
"You're afraid that you can't take care of yourself, right? How can you take care of others?"
"kindness?"
Ye Jingshuang gave Li Tianxin a strange look:
"Brother Li, why do you say this? Naturally, no one knows how to do things in this world before being exposed to them.
"It's not always possible to learn. I'm determined to learn. Is there any reason why I can't learn?"
Li Tianxin was silent for a moment, finding that it was difficult for him to refute these words.
Then he glanced at Jiang Ran:
"You can't bear to let such a cute girl take care of you?"
"none of your business."
Jiang Ran rolled his eyes at him.
"..."
Li Tianxin had the urge to draw a knife and kill someone.
But after fighting Li Tianxin, Jiang Ran looked at Ye Jingshuang:
"Have you really thought about it?"
"kindness."
Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran:
"Brother Jiang, are you unwilling to take me in?"
"Serious words."
Jiang Ran shook his head:
"When it comes to repaying a favor, I don't think it's necessary. However, if you are traveling together in the world...this is something you really want."
"good."
Ye Jingshuang didn't worry about repaying the favor or not. Hearing what Jiang Ran said, he nodded immediately:
"Then let's travel together!"
After finishing speaking, he didn’t forget to look at Li Tianxin:
"Look, Brother Jiang doesn't even need me to serve him, so it seems I don't need to study much."
"..."
Li Tianxin drew his sword and wanted to kill one more person.
Finally he curled his lips:
"It's none of my business..."
He held the knife and huddled aside, turning his head to look at the raindrops outside the cave.
Liu Wenshan looked at Li Tianxin and then at Ye Jingshuang, with a bit of confusion on his face.
Finally he shook his head and didn't ask for any explanation, he just said:
"It's naturally good for you to travel together in the world...but before that, you should still go back to Hong Maple Leaf's house."
Ye Jingshuang glanced at Jiang Ran and asked for his opinion.
Jiang Ran pondered for a while:
"I will go to another place tomorrow and will give you an answer when I get back."
He was going to ask Xiang Lin.
The clues to ask Xianglin are too obvious, it is clear that there is a problem, and he is probably asking you to put him in the urn.
Since you are invited to enter the urn, Jiang Ran always has no reason not to go.
Not only did he want to go, he also had to let the young village owner go too.
However, after this experience in the Valley of the Past, I guess this person will no longer believe in Perennial.
At that time, it is impossible to say that we will have to spend a lot of effort.
Nothing happened after that. Jiang Ran asked Gui Shisan for advice, asking who the names of the people in Wuxin Gui Mansion were and whether there were any rewards.
Ghost Thirteen is really familiar with the origins of this group of people.
As he spoke casually, reminders appeared one after another on Jiang Ran's side.
However, some of these people have bounties on their bodies, while others do not...
A total of four of the eight people in Wuxingui Mansion had bounties placed on them.
They are Baojing 5,000 taels, Liao Chengfeng 5,500 taels, Zeng Quanli 4,000 taels, and Guan Zisheng two thousand taels.
Needless to say about Bao Jing and Liao Chengfeng, Zeng Quanli is the sallow-faced old man who was also the tiger leaping into the stream that day.
As for Guan Zisheng, Jiang Ran had only met him once.
It was the unlucky guy who was thrown out of the mist before and had his head chopped off by Jiang Ran.
Apart from them, there are far fewer people with names in Zuodaozhuang.
Altogether there are six people in total.
The reward is not large, the highest is only seven hundred taels, which shows that it is not popular.
On the other hand, Jin Sanding and Lady Wu were not easy to deal with, but the problem was... at that time, they were punched away by the treasure mirror, and the two kings of Yang and Moon appeared and attracted everyone's attention.
Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang went to find Tong Wanli first, but when no one noticed these two people, they ran away first.
After thinking about this matter for a while, Jiang Ran felt that he should scold Li Tianxin for being such a cheater.
She told him to keep watch there, but he happened to follow behind her.
Fortunately, even so, Jiang Ran's gains from this trip are indeed not small.
Far better than the one at the Cangzhou Prefecture Heroes Association.
Also worth mentioning are the two kings of Yang and Moon.
There is no bounty on these two men.
At least no one present has heard of this matter...
Jiang Ran had already expected this, so he was not discouraged after hearing this, because he still had a knife-catching order.
The Jin Chan Dynasty also had a sword-wielding division.
It is impossible to say that these two people are on the list in the Sword Holding Department.
Regardless of whether this is correct or not, just in case, I just went back to the swordsman to ask.
In this way, there is no need to push all three pallets back.
If we directly cut off the heads of these ten people, it would be impossible to pull them back with one car. It would be enough for one person to carry two heads.
However, this latter suggestion was refuted by Li Tianxin.
Except for Ye Jingshuang, everyone disagreed, so Jiang Ran had no choice but to give up.
Of course, since Li Tianxin was so active, Jiang Ran had to express his feelings, so the job of pushing the cart was left to him.
Nothing was said after that, and it rained all night.
Everyone finally found a way to light a fire to keep warm. Even though Jiang Ran and others were highly skilled in martial arts, Liu Wenshan was still a weak scholar.
He had just recovered from a serious illness. If he continued to work for such a night, he would probably die before dawn.
The next morning, the rain stopped.
While everyone was still awake, Jiang Ran couldn't bear to see Tong Wanli and all the corpses with no bounties on them, so he fed them to the beasts.
So he simply lit up a fire and burned them all.
After Liu Wenshan woke up, everyone set off again.
When he reached the entrance of the Valley of Rebirth, Jiang Ran paid special attention to the traces on the ground.
I found a series of footprints heading outside, it shouldn't have been too long ago.
Probably the young owner of the village.
He probably found a place to take shelter from the rain in the Valley of Rebirth. After the rain stopped this morning, he walked in front of Jiang Ran and his group.
After Jiang Ran thought for a while, he decided to take the first step.
The young village owner has suffered such a big loss here, and he might go back and seek revenge directly on Chang Nian.
Even though Jiang Ran had never promised Dao Wuming to protect Chang Nian, but in the past few days in Benma County, Chang Nian had obeyed his advice, and he should not have been harmed by the young village owner because of it.
He immediately greeted everyone and explained the whole story.
Li Tianxin and Ye Jingshuang spoke at the same time, planning to act together with him.
Finally, Jiang Ran nodded to Ye Jingshuang and told Li Tianxin to push the cart carefully... If a person's head falls off, use his head to replace it.
Only then did Li Tianxin give up.
The Valley of the Past is not too far away from Benma County, less than twenty miles away, and the two of them were left behind almost in the blink of an eye.
After entering the county town, the two of them went directly to the county government office without any hesitation.
When he arrived, Jiang Ran felt relieved.
The county government office is as peaceful as ever. If something happened all year round, this would never be the case.
The two of them did not go in from the front, but went around and climbed over the wall on one side to enter the county government office. Afterwards, Jiang Ran and Ye Jingshuang found the study room that they had always used with ease.
Listening from outside the door, there are two voices inside.
Jiang Ran frowned slightly and knocked on the door gently. Soon the door of the study room was opened from the inside.
The person who appeared in front of Jiang Ran was an acquaintance:
"Dao Wuming?"
"Brother Jiang."
When Dao Wuming saw Jiang Ran, he immediately seemed to see a relative and said happily:
"I knew Brother Jiang was a heartless person, but I didn't expect that after you rejected me, you would still come to protect Chang Nian.
"When I think of this, Xiaosheng feels ashamed."
When Jiang Ran saw him, his mood was a little complicated:
"Are you done?"
"Yes, within a few days of the change, Xiaosheng traveled hundreds of miles back and forth, and the matter was finally resolved."
When Dao Wuming said this, he stretched out his arms as a guide:
"Brother Jiang, please come in."
While speaking, he glanced at Ye Jingshuang again and was slightly startled:
"Could this be Miss Ye from the Hong Maple Leaf family?"
Ye Jingshuang frowned when she heard Jiang Ran address Dao Wuming. When she heard Dao Wuming speak, she suddenly felt blessed:
"Are you an unknown scholar?"
"That's right."
Dao Wuming clasped his fists: "Have you ever heard of Xiaosheng?"
"...I met you when I was a child."
Ye Jingshuang said softly: "When you came to the Ye family to visit our ancestors, you met your seniors. Looking at your appearance now, do you think you have mastered the Tao Qi?"
"If you don't hear Tao Qi... how can it be so easy to practice?
"Now I just have a little experience."
Dao Wuming smiled:
"As the saying goes, if you listen to the Tao in the morning and evening, you will die. If you don't listen to the Tao, you will go against it.
"The important thing is... if I don't see the Tao, death will not see me.
"The truth is that it is difficult for others to do, and it is simply unreasonable martial arts.
"A student who has studied at an early age knows the truth best.
"The reason why I visited your grandfather was because of this unethical attitude.
“Now that I think about it, it’s been more than ten years since this happened.
"In the blink of an eye, the eldest lady of the Ye family has become so graceful."
"Not listening to Taoism is the unique teaching of Confucianism, and it has its own profound principles."
Ye Jingshuang smiled and said:
"It's really admirable that seniors can cultivate."
Only now did Jiang Ran understand why this martial art was called Bu Wen Dao Qi.
It turned out to be such a sharp attack.
"Okay, stop chatting in front of the door."
Dao Wuming smiled and said:
"Come in and talk."
Jiang Ran asked casually as he walked inside:
"Has anyone come to see Master Chang?"
Chang Nian glanced at Dao Wuming.
Hearing Dao Wuming laugh and say:
"You planned to kill people in Benma Town. What you have done over the years has been exposed. Naturally, people will come to seek revenge on him.
"But don't worry, the young owner of the village has already left when he saw me here.
"Whether I can come back from this trip is still in doubt."
"Where have you gone?"
After Jiang Ran finished asking, he suddenly realized:
"He went to ask Xiang Lin?"
"Exactly."
Dao Wuming smiled: "I've been gone for about half an hour."
Jiang Ran turned around and left after hearing this.
Dao Wuming was stunned:
"Where are you going?"
"None of your business."
Jiang Ran didn't look back.
Ye Jingshuang hurriedly hugged Wuming and then turned around and chased after him.
Dao Wuming watched the two people hurried away one after another, and couldn't help but smile:
"It's great to be young."
While talking, he took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Chang Nian:
"Please give this booklet to him when he comes back."
"yes."
Chang Nian quickly stood up and took it with both hands, his attitude was extremely respectful.