break the way [comprehension]

After devouring a child, the red mist was like a strange monster that was temporarily full and satisfied, slowly gathering, and then gradually dissipating. On Shen Tianyun's side, everyone was immersed in the poor end of the child just now, I was horrified by the weird scene in front of me.

Liu Yelan was staring at the direction where the mist disappeared, where the red gradually faded with the disappearance of the child, and there was a faint blue streamer, like a piece of frozen water rippling and floating in it.

Jiang Shuzhi and the others didn't see this scene at all, but Liu Yelan and Shen Tianyun didn't know why, their faces were serious, and they could see clearly. At this moment, both of them knew that the deep blue was the most beautiful scene in this strange Xitu Town. The horror is real.

In their line of sight, they could only see the frozen blue depths, the water was faintly flowing, and the stiff body of the blue-faced child that was distorted by the struggle gradually softened, and finally curled up slowly into a ball. , as if her small body fell into a peaceful sleep, it should have made people feel hopeful, but because of the strange death in front of them, it seemed even more frightening.

As the weird figure became smaller and smaller, Liu Yelan and Shen Tianyun could no longer see the child's bruised face clearly, they could only vaguely see the child's figure, but in the next instant, the expressions of the two changed drastically at the same time, The sweat shirt that wrapped her from head to toe on the child gradually emerged, and finally turned into a thin film to wrap the child—this scene only reminds people of those fetuses still in the womb. I couldn't help but shiver.

In the last glimpse of the blue, they all clearly saw countless small bubbles looming in the last blue sea of ​​light, and in each bubble, there was a small figure curled up in it.

The last scene of deja vu only caused Shen Tianyun and Liu Yelan to feel chills in their hearts. They seemed to have seen all this before them somewhere, knowing that it meant the infinite horror that was being conceived, but no matter what, they couldn't remember exactly when and where seen.

If they had seen such a strange situation in this world, they would never easily forget it!

The two of them recovered and looked around. The expressions of Jiang Shuzhi and the others were only relaxed after fear, and there was no deeper fear that the two of them felt at all. The eyes of Liu Yelan and Shen Tianyun met. At this moment, they were convinced that it seemed that they were the only ones The two saw the strange scene.

Jiang Shuzhi suddenly said happily: "Ah! Brother Liu Xian, take a look!"

Liu Yelan saw that the transparent wall in front of him was like melting ice and snow, and when it gradually shrank, his pupils shrank. At this moment, he didn't know where he came from, sober and terrifying judgment: "—Brother Shen!! !"

At this moment, Shen Tianyun didn't hesitate at all. He raised the evil spirit sword in his hand. Jiang Shuzhi and the others felt that the scene in front of them was both dangerous and full of expectations, even though they didn't know what they were expecting——

That weird transparent portal was twisted like a twist, one end extended to the Shen's lobby, and seemed to point to the place where the blue disappeared in the infinite distance, while the other end extended to their feet, as if connecting to where they were. This side was cut off from the world of Shen's Great Hall.

The Evil Exorcising Sword that Shen Tianyun held up in his hand radiated unprecedented brilliance, it was so dazzling that he couldn't look directly at it. Only at this moment did Jiang Shuzhi truly believe that the story Liu Yelan said about the sword frightening the gods and killing demons was not true. All are myths and legends.

This dazzling brilliance pierced through the transparent barrier like sharp arrows, and even Tong Qing, Ying Qing and Mrs. Liu Yelan, Shen Tianyun and others.

Both Tong Qing and Ying Qing showed smiles on their faces, however, before the two of them moved over, their faces changed in shock at the same time, and they saw Shen Tianyun swiping down the Evil Exorcising Sword, showing an unprecedented resoluteness on his face, the Divine Sword The ten thousand zhang rays of light on the sky cut straight down towards the strange transparent portal, as if to cut off the connection between this world and the sea of ​​weird blue light!

In the next instant, the sea of ​​blue light, which was eerie and terrifying with countless bubbles, seemed to have sensed the imminent crisis, and the bubbles seemed to boil endlessly!Countless green and purple hideous child faces swarmed out from the end of the blue ocean, screaming and howling!

The red blood mist that had subsided and disappeared thickly condensed into a solid body, and it went straight towards Shen Tianyun like a poisonous snake!

At this moment, the old lady Dou who was just watching from the sidelines screamed: "Stop! Stop!"

Even Mrs. Shen's complexion was pale, but the figure of the little girl in her arms was crumbling: "Enrage the water god...Tian Yun, Tian Yun, you will die!"

Countless people from Xitu Town in the hall all looked desperate and miserable. They didn't understand why Shen Tianyun, who belonged to the Shen family, was willing to offend the Water God to do such a rebellious thing!He is also from Xitu Town, doesn't he know how terrible the consequences of all this will be? !

But Shen Tianyun, who was holding the sword, didn't realize it. At this moment, even Ying Qing, who had a close relationship with Shen Tianyun, had never seen such an expression on her husband's face. , so desperate and unstoppable.

Even if she stood in front of Shen Tianyun, she might not be able to stop him, let alone an old woman who was like a stranger.

Things were as Ying Qing sensed, the cursing, screaming, crying, and despair of all the people in the hall could not shake the sight in his hand, even in front of the turbulent and terrifying red mist, the long sword in his hand could not move. There is no half-point deviation, and we are moving forward.

The blood-colored thick fog collided with the Evil Exorcising Excalibur to create a terrifying movement, and the ground, like ruins, was corroded by the thick fog with countless potholes, and countless neat cracks were cut out by the Excalibur's brilliance like cutting tofu, not to mention The surrounding Xitu townspeople backed away screaming, not daring to make any contact with the two inhuman forces that were fighting.

Among these panic-stricken crowd, Liu Yelan's standing still stood out like a stone in the rushing water. His eyes were not on the battle situation, but on the unknown people deep in the red mist. The sea of ​​blue light seemed to see everything that no one else had seen.

This kind of Liu Yelan only caused Tong Qing and Jiang Shuzhi to feel anxious, and Jiang Shuzhi shouted loudly: "Liu Xiandi, get out of the way! Get out of the way!!!"

But Liu Yelan stood there quietly as if he was deaf and blind, watching this scene happen, but he didn't avoid it.

The result of the first round of confrontation with Shen Tianyun was that Shen Tianyun's mortal body retreated a few steps, but the red thick fog didn't seem to gain any benefits, it was actually sliced ​​off.

Such a terrifying evil spirit sword, such a terrifying red mist, and the power of both sides beyond the limits of what mortals know, made everyone present feel terrified and just wanted to run away.

After taking a few steps back, Shen Tianyun looked coldly at the blood mist, his gaze became even colder, without saying a word, he held up the more radiant evil spirit sword and stepped forward: When encountering evil and breaking obstacles, the divine light will appear spontaneously, so Over the years, he traveled all over the country, searched for three mountains and five mountains, and even stayed in the army for several years to hone his martial arts, isn't what he is doing today?Isn't the purpose of having such an open and honest duel with this evil thing entrenched in Xitu Town? !Why should he hesitate!

As if sensing the master's determination, even if it is only held in the hands of mortals, the brilliance of the evil spirit sword reveals unprecedented killing intent, and the red mist emits countless howls, like countless children screaming together, screaming like wild beasts. Inexplicable heart palpitations, the two tumbling again, turbulent and intertwined, the killing is indistinguishable, this Shen's old house has been passed down for a hundred years, after all, it is a mortal thing, how can it withstand such a terrifying extraordinary power, but after a while, it began to crumble .

Everyone in the hall screamed and fled towards the gate. At this time, the formation that had previously separated the two worlds had disappeared, and everyone in Xitu Town was able to escape successfully.

But Liu Yelan seemed to have been given a body-holding technique, allowing countless people to bump into his shoulders and run away from both sides of him, but he still stared fixedly into the depths of the red mist.

Tong Qing was not standing in the same direction as him, he was dragging his sick body with a pale complexion and was going to pull Liu Yelan, but how could Jiang Shuzhi ask him to commit such a stupid thing at this time, Tong Qing's current state, I am afraid If Liu Yelan can't be saved, even he himself will be involved!

Jiang Shuzhi only yelled at the followers behind Tong Qing: "Pull him out!"

Most of these people came together with the county government, or servants of Jiang's mansion, so there was no other matter, no matter how Tong Qing struggled, she set him up and ran outside.

Jiang Shuzhi gritted his teeth, but wanted to pull Liu Yelan who seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit by himself.

But at this time, Liu Yelan was right next to the battlefield where Shen Tianyun was confronting the strange red mist. How dare Jiang Shuzhi's followers allow him to approach the terrifying power? Sweating profusely, he was watching the eyes of Tong Qing being forcibly dragged out. Those eyes seemed to have lost something vital to his life. It was very creepy. If there was something wrong with Liu Yelan... He wouldn't Dare to think about how to face his cousin.

At the same time, there was another person in the field who did not leave immediately like Liu Yelan, Ying Qing.

But she is different from Liu Yelan's bewitched appearance, she still knows to hide carefully with those solid beams and pillars to protect herself, she didn't leave, but because she was concerned about Shen Tianyun's situation, those who ran away in the field were nothing more than Afraid of being affected by this terrifying power, but Shen Tianyun... is actually facing such a terrifying evil thing upright!

But no matter how alert she is, she is still a weak woman. In front of such power, no matter how she tries to hide, she will inevitably be hit. She let out a low groan of pain almost at the same time.

Shen Tianyun, who had been battling inextricably with the red mist, suddenly paused, and the red mist also froze. In the next moment, Shen Tianyun turned around to protect him without hesitation, but the red mist was a step earlier, as if smelling some prey. Like a poisonous snake, it flew straight at Ying Qing!That speed was not comparable to that of Shen Tianyun, a mortal at all!

At this moment, Shen Tianyun's mind went blank. If something irreversible happened, would he still make the same decision?Is everything in the past really that important, more important than Qing'er's safety?

At this moment, there was another person whose mind was blank, Jiang Shuzhi.

During the tussle and hesitation between him and his followers, Ying Qing was not far away from him.

But seeing the red mist like a poisonous snake spitting out letters and a vicious tiger descending the mountain, I don't know if he thought of that little blue and purple face, the blood rushed to his head and neck in an instant, he went straight to Ying Qing without hesitation, pulling When she got up, she ran frantically towards the door.

Shen Tianyun also understood better what he should do at this moment in this flash and flint, and the evil spirit sword cut off the red mist that was chasing Ying Qing and Ying Qing without hesitation!

At this moment, no matter inside or outside the Shen's Hall, everyone heard the terrifying howl that seemed to be extremely painful. Amidst the screams of countless children, the Shen's Hall made a loud bang, which turned into an explosion. ruins.

Uncle Jiang and Ying Qing who had just escaped from the hall looked at each other in shock, showing panic and anxiety at the same time, Shen Tianyun and Liu Yelan were still inside!

The two didn't dare to think too much, Ying Qing turned back to the ruins without saying a word, how dare Jiang Shuzhi let her go back!

In the next moment, when the flying dust faintly revealed the situation under the ruins, everyone saw the two figures standing in place. Shen Tianyun held the evil spirits in his hands to firmly support a dilapidated wall. When the dust was about to settle, he was healthy With a push of his arm, the wall fell beside him, revealing Liu Yelan who was still standing there in a daze.

Until now, Tong Qing, who had been struggling continuously and even tied up by helpless followers, stopped struggling like crazy, and let the people who followed him breathe a sigh of relief.

They were all helpless, the two sons from the capital didn't know what was going on, at the time when they were so deadly just now, one was in a daze and didn't know how to hide, and the other was madly struggling desperately, luckily nothing major happened .

In the flying dust, all Xitu townspeople held their breath and looked at the two figures in the ruins quietly. Are they the only two? ...Where is the water god?Where did the water god go?Could it be that Shen Tianyun still survived after offending the water god like that?

The next moment, a faint sound came, and everyone was a little confused. Then, everyone could gradually distinguish it. It was the sound of chaotic footsteps. I don't know what they were thinking of. The faces of the woman and even many Xitu townspeople showed genuine joy and anticipation.

But when the gradually falling flying dust showed figures running hurriedly one by one, all the townspeople in Xitu turned pale, and the old lady of the Dou family even passed out directly.

I saw those who came running after the dust, one by one covered in blood, even the mouth was still stained with pieces of meat, dripping with dark red juice, staring at the red eyes, flapping the wings of the nose excitedly, and let out a low growl from the mouth and nose, After seeing Shen Tianyun and Liu Yelan, all these bright red people ran over like beasts seeing their prey!

This is still a human, this is clearly a group of monsters who only know how to chase meat!

At this moment, seeing the bloody figures, everyone knew where the bloody red mist had gone - it had never disappeared, and it had always been in Xitu Town.

Seeing the minced meat on the mouths of these monsters, they opened their bloody mouths and ran towards Shen Tianyun. Some people began to vomit and convulse, and some Xitu townspeople fell to the ground screaming in despair like Na Dou—those, They used to be their blood relatives!

Shen Tianyun also had a solemn expression. Previously, the evil thing manifested itself in its own body, and the evil spirit sword's effect of exorcising evil was exerted to the extreme, but now, this evil thing inhabits and lingers in these human beings, using the cover of human flesh and blood to ward off evil. The lethality of the sword may also have to be discounted.

But Shen Tianyun didn't hesitate at all, once again holding the long sword, he leaned forward and directly confronted a monster. Even though the evil sword's lethality is limited, but he, Shen Tianyun, is also a character who has been trained by thousands of troops, how could he? Are you afraid?

In the blood flying across the sky, Shen Tianyun did not fall at all, but more and more monsters turned a blind eye to Shen Tianyun's astonishing combat power, and continued to move forward without any hesitation.

At this moment, I saw a woman sitting down on the ground suddenly straightened up and ran towards Shen Tianyun: "Don't! Don't!!!"

This inexplicable scream seemed to wake up more desperate and dull townspeople, they seemed to understand what happened before them, Shen Tianyun was beheading monsters, but he was also beheading their close relatives!

Countless townspeople ran towards Shen Tianyun screaming, and the woman fell to the ground, trying to hug Shen Tianyun's leg, screaming bitterly: "Don't! Don't! Let him go! You let him go!"

Shen Tianyun's face was frosty, but the long evil sword in his hand still drew blood lines, spinning out countless blood flowers, seeing that he couldn't catch up with Shen Tianyun's figure, so many women kowtowed on the ground: "You Let him go! Let him go!"

The corners of Shen Tianyun's mouth curled into a straight line. More and more townspeople stopped him on the ground. His room to move was very limited. He was gradually trapped in place by those monsters, and he was about to be submerged in them.

Shen Tianyun smiled wryly. Could it be that for so many years, he imagined that the day he wanted to confront this evil thing would end in the hands of a group of foolish women?How ridiculous... He was just looking for an answer and seeking justice for his mother, but in the end he was going to be defeated by a group of fools who didn't care about answers or justice...

Even Shen Tianyun, he also understood that holding the evil spirit sword in his hand but being surrounded by monsters, even he didn't know how long he could last.Ying Qing who was at the side had seen him practice swords countless times, and had seen him strike countless times. At this time, she also knew Shen Tianyun's situation, and she had pulled out the sharp gold hairpin from her temples at some point and held it in her hand.

But at this time, she suddenly heard a voice saying indifferently: "No, this is not right."

The voice was so abrupt that she couldn't help turning her head to see for a moment, who could still be talking such nonsense in such a calm and watery horror.

In the arena, Liu Yelan stood with his hands behind his back, but his eyes were fixed on one direction, which was the direction he never deviated from from beginning to end, where the blood mist came, and where the blue sea was.

Then, as if Liu Yelan had just escaped from the strange sluggishness just now, he looked around slowly, as if he saw the ruins of Shen's house, and saw the members of the Shen family who were kneeling on the ground begging for help. Look at... those bloody monsters that surrounded Shen Tianyun tightly.

Uncle Jiang heaved a long sigh of relief, thank God, this guy woke up not too late, he was not injured to death, nor was he crushed to death, now that Shen Tianyun's situation is not good, but he is still able to support him, even though he said it unjustly, But Jiang Shuzhi is also very clear about the situation in front of him: the group of Shen people who have been bewitched can no longer be called human beings, even Shen Tianyun is so difficult to deal with, and it is even more impossible for them to be enemies. Hurry up and hide in a safe place. They, a group of outsiders, are too dangerous in this weird Xitu Town!

But before he had time to greet Liu Yelan to come over, he saw a scene that almost made him collapse. Liu Yelan, who finally got out of the "evil spirit", raised his foot and walked straight towards the battlefield where the monsters fought Go, then raised his hand and patted a monster on the shoulder, as if meeting an old friend by chance, and patted it down like greeting, as if he didn't see the other party covered in blood, ferocious face and bloody mouth.

Tong Qing's eyes widened, and she even forgot to breathe.

The monster turned around quickly, its red eyes were covered with blood, causing the surrounding townspeople to run away screaming, even those townspeople who originally wanted to beg Shen Tianyun for mercy also screamed and ran away after seeing the true face of such a terrifying monster at close range , not daring to stop any longer.

However, Liu Yelan faced the monster quietly, as if turning a blind eye to the terrifying face of the other party, and said indifferently: "Since I have received the sacrifice, why break the promise?"

Then, as if the monster had been immobilized, it stood still on the spot. In the next moment, as if something had been pulled away from it, its stiff limbs instantly became weak, and it fell down on the ground without a sound. land.

This scene made everyone dumbfounded. What kind of sorcery did this seemingly powerless scholar use? !He actually made these evil creatures be defeated by his words!It's simply too appalling!

Liu Yelan didn't seem to know what a horrible thing he did, he just looked at the monsters that surrounded Shen Tianyun densely, and frowned, "I can't do it alone."

Then he turned around and said to the surrounding townspeople, "Come and help."

Uncle Jiang dared to ask tremblingly: "Help, help... what can I do?"

Liu Yelan looked at Jiang Shuzhi's eyes and said, "Third brother, it's great that you are willing to help! Just wake them up like I did just now!"

"Call, wake up?!" Jiang Shuzhi almost bit off his tongue.

Do you think it's a wake-up call?This is a bunch of fucking monsters that could tear you to pieces and devour you at any moment!

But Liu Yelan didn't seem to feel how difficult he said to help, so he nodded, "That's right, it's like this."

Then he raised his hand and patted the next monster, with the same hideous face dripping with blood, and the same greeting: "The ceremony is over, wake up!"

As if being drained of strength, the monster fell down like no other.

Uncle Jiang couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and then he looked at the people around him. The townspeople looked at the scene in fear, and looked at Liu Yelan with fear and awe in their eyes.

Then he looked at Tong Qing next to him and Ying Qing on the ground, thinking that Shen Tianyun inside didn't know how long he could hold on, so he finally gritted his teeth and said to the servants beside him, "Go! Let's... help!"

In the tragic eyes of everyone who looked at death as life, Jiang Shuzhi patted a monster that was excited and wanted to rush into it. In that swift and terrifying turn, he almost forgot how to make a sound. The monster stared at the red eyes, Opened his bloody mouth and was about to pounce on him, Jiang Shuzhi screamed: "Damn!!!"

This is so different from what Liu Yelan said!

Luckily, Liu Yelan saw that the situation was not right, so he stretched out his hand to pat the monster that was about to pounce on him again in his busy schedule: "Wake up!"

Seeing the monster collapse, Liu Yelan wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Third brother, the so-called awakening means not only patting the shoulder, but also shouting for the soul, otherwise how can you wake up?"

Uncle Jiang was still in shock, wanted to scold his mother but held back, and finally nodded stiffly to show that he knew.

Then, he patted them one by one, from the sweaty palms at the beginning to the familiarity of the car behind him, all the followers behind him followed suit, patted them one by one, and finally put the huge number of Shen clan members one by one " Wake up", saw Shen Tianyun, who was exhausted from the innermost battle.

After the last monster was awakened by Liu Yelan from Shen Tianyun's hand, Shen Tianyun leaned on the sword on the ground, saluted Liu Yelan with a mess all over his body, "Thank you."

Liu Yelan avoided a salute, and solemnly said to Shen Tianyun: "It should be all of us who thanked Brother Shen."

As soon as Liu Yelan finished speaking, a ray of extremely bright sunshine suddenly fell on the ruins of the town that had been heavily rained and foggy. All the townspeople looked up at the sun, their eyes were brighter than ever before, and Xitu Town... seemed to have never really There has never been such a bright and flawless sunshine. The past sunshine seems to fall on the town through many barriers. It has never been so warm and pleasant, as if all the haze in my heart has been expelled...

Liu Yelan looked up at the sunshine above his head and smiled slightly: "From now on, there will be no more haze in this town."

After this ordinary assertion, countless flames and green smoke rose from the small town, and all the townspeople trembled. They couldn't help looking at the place where their houses were, and then someone said in a low voice: "Respect the water! The shirt...is gone."

At this moment, the darkness that had lingered for too long completely disappeared.

Then, Liu Yelan looked at Shen Tianyun: "Brother Shen, you have immeasurable merit."

However, Shen Tianyun's expression was complicated. In the first half of his life, his fate was entangled with the hatred of Xitu Town, so he spent so much time looking for the legendary evil sword. He never thought that the sword just now could really be able to Uproot the haze in my heart in the first half of my life.

The scholar in front of me just happened to meet this matter by chance, but if he hadn't met the other party, would he really be able to do everything in front of him in the end?

If there is no suggestion from him in the end, I am afraid that not only I am hiding in the mouth of many monsters, but the entire Xitu Town will be unable to escape the claws of the devil. Those monsters...will they eventually regenerate the thick bloody fog that entrenches this place?After there are no living people in Xitu, will the bloody fog spread to the surroundings? ...the consequences were simply unimaginable.

It seemed that Liu Yelan didn't do anything, but Shen Tianyun knew in his heart that even if he was fully prepared, he would never drive the evil away so "easily".

Shen Tianyun hesitated for a moment before asking: "That thing...has gone already?"

Liu Yelan nodded: "I just confirmed again and again that the passage has been cut off by the evil sword, and the rest have been expelled by the 'awakening' method. There should be nothing left here."

Shen Tianyun let out a sigh of relief, and the townspeople of Xitu, who vaguely knew what they were talking about, also felt unprecedentedly relaxed. The haze that had been hovering seemed to have really disappeared completely, and some people even hugged the children beside them and cried loudly.

Shen Tianyun looked at everything in front of him, and his mood was ups and downs. Back then, his mother took him to travel thousands of miles to this place. She thought she had found the location of his father's old family, so she found support. After being divided up by the Shen clan, his mother was still not in the least bit depressed. She only told him that since this place is the land of his father's family, if he could raise a character like his father, he would naturally grow up to be an indomitable man here. There is a mother to deal with it.

Even if he was poor, even if life was difficult, he never saw his mother showing any signs of frustration, and he never thought of leaving this small town of Xitu.

Until...they saw the water-respecting shirt for the first time.

Shen Tianyun couldn't even remember why someone in Xitu town once again sacrificed the water-respecting shirt, just to appease the wrath of the water god.

But that time, Shen Tianyun's mother rushed forward without hesitation and grabbed the water-respecting shirt firmly, not asking it to take away any of the children.

Amidst the terrified beatings and scolding by the townspeople, his mother only said: "Our mother and I only rely on ourselves, and don't count on any water gods!"

At that time, the young Shen Tianyun only thought that his mother with resolute features was so tall and worthy of his attachment, but that night, his mother fell into the water and died in the stream.

Everyone in the town said that this was the punishment of the water god, but now that he thought about it, Shen Tianyun heard the "monsters" who had just collapsed on the ground start to groan in a low voice. The evil spirit sword in his hand was silent, but he squinted his eyes. There is an urge to draw the sword again, the human heart... Sometimes it may be more terrifying than the most terrifying evil in this world.

Even if the evil thing disappeared, this town of Xitu would not allow him to linger in the slightest.

The so-called returning to the clan is just to bring Qing'er back to meet her parents.

Thinking of this, Shen Tianyun didn't stop walking, he only bowed to Liu Yelan and his party from afar, then helped his wife up, and left the place without stopping at all.

Liu Yelan watched the other party's figure disappear into this small town, and his heart was filled with an unprecedented sense of melancholy. He looked around at the townspeople who were "reunited" with their relatives one after another, like all the dark evils in a night of horror. They have all disappeared with the appearance of the sun, but, in a cry of grief, after all, it reminds everyone that that little girl can never come back, just like the many young children who died in this town. generally.

As if knowing his state of mind at the moment, Tong Qing came over at some point, and only whispered: "Brother Liu, after all you...everyone is safe and sound."

Liu Yelan smiled wryly, and what he said was true. After this horrible and weird night, Tong Qing was able to talk with him in such a peaceful way. It was already a great fortune. However, seeing Tong Qing coughing lowly, he couldn't help but frowned again and said: " You shouldn't be here."

Tong Qing cast a sideways glance at him, but stopped talking. Seeing his pale face, Liu Yelan no longer had the mood to stay here, only thinking about the lack of medical care in this small town, and what he wanted to know was already gone. The investigation is almost clear, it is better to go back to Anping and find a doctor for Tong Qing to have a good look.

Liu Yelan didn't even look at the old chief of the Shen family who wanted to say something to him, but after a brief conversation with Jiang Shuzhi, their group of people, like Shen Tianyun, left Xitu Town without any hesitation. Even the chief of the Shen clan tried to persuade them to stay again and again without delaying their efforts.

On the carriage, watching Tong Qing fall into a deep sleep again, Jiang Shuzhi's eyes wandered from Tong Qing's pale complexion to the hand firmly grasping the corner of Liu Yelan's clothes, with a complex expression that he himself did not realize.

Liu Yelan was writing something at the desk while the carriage was jolting. After a long while, he raised his head and saw Uncle Jiang's complex expression, so he couldn't help saying: "Third brother, what's the matter?"

Jiang Shuzhi looked at Liu Yelan who didn't realize it, and really didn't know what to say. Tong Qing was undoubtedly the child his father valued the most. He had such a rough life experience since he was a child, but he had such thoughts. No matter which brother around him, Jiang Shuzhi can be sure that he will persuade him again and again, and even keep the two of them far away, but for Tong Qing, who has been lonely since childhood, such a decision...wouldn't be too cruel.

Jiang Shuzhi fell silent, but Liu Yelan was very puzzled: "Third brother?"

Uncle Jiang smiled wryly, look, this nerd himself didn't even realize it, his cousin is really... Sigh.

Looking at Liu Yelan, he just changed the subject abruptly: "So, you already have a certainty about the case of Zhang Wang's two families being wiped out?"

Liu Yelan thought about it: "But it's not likely."

Uncle Jiang was surprised: "Could it not be caused by the evil thing behind the water-respecting shirt in this town?"

However, Liu Yelan only said meaningfully during Jiang Shuzhi's questioning: "Evil thing? Oh, maybe."

Evil... is never just those inhuman things in the fairy tales.

Liu Yelan immediately said: "I'm afraid I have to tell the magistrate Jiang about this matter. For the rest, since the county government has pushed everything to Ma San's head, there is no need to arouse unnecessary speculation among the people. It's just that Xitu Town may The county magistrate needs to pay more attention."

Jiang Shuzhi originally thought that it must be the evil thing that caused Zhang and Wang's families to be exterminated. After all, before leaving Xitu, he had already pieced together from Shen's the whole story before and after Wang's move away from Xitu: the second son of Wang's family was not at all. He is ignorant, but under the instigation of a group of hooligans in the town, he made a wish to the water god to pass the boy's test. He can't read a few words, how could he pass?

But he passed. The two elders of the Wang family and the eldest son of the Wang family were extremely shocked when they learned the truth. Since the wish of the water god has come true, it is natural to fulfill the wish. Could it be that the water-respecting shirt at home is going to be worn by his grandchildren? ?No matter how reluctant it is, this is the rule passed down from generation to generation in the town, otherwise no one can afford the punishment from the water god.

But when the matter came to an end, Wang's eldest daughter-in-law regretted it, and directly shoved the sweater that was put on her son on her maid.

Then there was the matter that Wang's family fled Xitu Town overnight. As for the girl, the water god would never accept sacrifices other than children. To prevent accidents, Wang still quietly sent the girl to the stream. In the end, he finally fell into such a mindless monster. No wonder the Wang family was eager to expel Ma San when he arrived in Anping, but he was afraid that these weird and dark things would not be able to contain him.

Later, when the Wang family destroyed their family, it seemed to Jiang Shuzhi that the evil thing retaliated against those who did not abide by the rules of sacrificial rituals. It's the same, breaking the rule of not giving sacrifices to the evil thing, maybe someone in the Wang family leaked the fact that the wish came true to the Zhang family. The Zhang family is not like the Wang family in Xitu, who knows a lot about the respect for the water shirt , I am deeply in awe of that evil thing, I am afraid that I will not care about any sacrifices, I will only listen to it as a joke.

Jiang Shuzhi shuddered at the thought of such a terrifying evil thing.

Folks are full of foolish men and women, who sometimes pray to gods and ghosts for unrealistic wishes. If you know that there is such a thing in the world, you only need to sew a small strange children's clothes to make a promise. For a wish to come true, you must do it desperately.

Even knowing the price of that wish, Jiang Shuzhi can hardly say that no one in this world is unwilling.

After all, not every parent loves their child deeply.

Fortunately, all of this has ended in Xitu, all the sweat shirts have disappeared, and the sun has returned to that small town.

But from Liu Yelan's tone just now, it seemed that Xitu couldn't be ignored?

For a while, Jiang Shuzhi's expression became a little nervous, but Liu Yelan said seriously: "If it's according to my wishes..." He glanced at Jiang Shuzhi: "It's better to dismantle the people in Xitu Town and move them out from other counties and towns. Accept it."

Uncle Jiang's expression froze: "Aren't you worried that the evil thing will make a comeback?"

Liu Yelan shook his head and said, "It's not evil, it's people's hearts."

Then he stopped talking.

All the evil and eerie things that happened during this trip caught Jiang Shuzhi by surprise and experienced a lot. When he went back to report everything to the county magistrate Jiang, the county magistrate who had been in charge of Anping for decades first sneered at what his third son said. , What kind of evil is said, it's a big joke in the world, the prosperous dynasty, the world is clear, where did such a mess come from!He just thought it was another prank by his three sons, but after he had a good argument with Uncle Jiang, he wrote a letter to an old friend of his in the army. After receiving the reply, Jiang Heng was alone in the study. one day one Night.

When the Lan family was a little worried, Jiang Heng called Liu Yelan to the study. No one knew what the two of them said. Jiang Shuzhi only saw that the official document was soon passed down from the county, saying that Xitu Town's water source was exhausted and it was not suitable to grow. As expected, those townspeople in Xitu Town were forcibly separated and moved to surrounding counties and counties. Needless to say, the resistance of the townspeople in Xitu Town was those counties and counties that accepted them. Because the scope is too wide, there are not no rumors. Rumors spread.

But County Magistrate Jiang has been doing all this silently, without saying anything.

And Liu Yelan just watched all this silently, and didn't do anything more.

Immediately, Jiang Heng wrote another letter more cautiously. This time, he wrote to the national teacher of this dynasty, who was dressed in commoner clothes, but the power was firmly above all the ministers. There was only one sentence in it: The theory of ghosts and gods is not false.

This belated bow made Liu Yelan recommended to the Qin Tianjian back then. This Qin Tianjian was not one of those Qin Tianjian in the history books who only dealt with astronomy and was responsible for taking the blame when man-made disasters struck. It is a new institution specially set up by the first national division, not under the jurisdiction of the three divisions and six departments, and only responsible to His Majesty the emperor.

In just a few years, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty saw this white-clothed scholar who stirred up the situation in the imperial capital but could be crushed to death at any time.

One word can decide the fate of the country.

This sentence that sounds like a joke is no longer a joke when it comes to Liu Yelan.

This new national teacher is not like the previous national teacher, who only likes to lock himself on the high tower of Qin Tianjian, nor is he like those monstrous monks and demons who are said in the annals of history, who like to brag in front of the king Those concepts of immortality turned around and used the power acquired by the concept to dominate themselves.

Among the eight stories that the people of the imperial capital like to brag to the newcomers, the first one is how they ran into the national teacher on the street and bragged about it all morning.Most of the days, this national teacher is like an ordinary person, haunting the streets and alleys of the imperial capital, and he can be seen in teahouses, restaurants, and bookstores.Facing the general public who asked him to see their horoscopes for wealth, marriage, or even love, Liu Guoshi has always been very calm, and usually politely said: no/cannot/no appointment.

Such a down-to-earth national teacher, but there are many legends about him among the people. No one can tell whether those things are true or not, but there is at least one thing. Less severe natural disasters and man-made disasters erupt.

Even with aging, should have been unwilling and tossing like a history book