treacherous world

After Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard about the little monkey, they wanted to talk to him. Zhan Zhao wondered if the little monkey knew something about Liu Zhenren's death, especially his resentful "Go Die", it really shouldn't come from such a young child.

I asked those little hooligans about the address of the little monkey, and they said that it was in Wangjia Village by the Yishui River. There were not many people in that village, and their family lived in the southernmost part.It's easy to find. There's only a hut in the middle of a large piece of wasteland. There's still a coffin at the door. It's an empty coffin that was fished up from the river. The monkey's mother used it to fetch water. Look at how evil the family is.

In addition, Bai Yutang also asked them about those little beggars.

The hooligans hesitated at first.

Bai Yutang saw some tricks and took out the money, "To tell the truth, I won't tell anyone what you said."

Several hooligans looked at each other, but in the end they couldn't resist the power of the big ingot, so they told the truth.

It turned out that the three teenagers who died that day were really not beggars, but three little hooligans who pretended to be beggars and begged for money, living in a ruined temple in Nancheng.

"Live in a ruined temple?" Zhan Zhao was a little puzzled, "Don't you have a home?"

"It's a wild child. There is a horse-bellied ancestral hall in the southern part of the city. It was built by local fishermen for the horse-bellied immortal. It used to have incense, but it was later abandoned because the place was too remote. There is also a mass grave behind that place. No one dares to go there, but it is a good place for those wild children who have no money, where they can settle down and earn money."

"Make money?" Bai Yutang was puzzled.

"A lot of unowned corpses are thrown in the mass graves. If you go around, you can get some treasures from the dead people. If it's not good, you can buy a few meals if you cut their hair."

There were only so many clues provided by the little ruffians. When asked why the body disappeared, why the county magistrate died, and where the body went, no one knew.

Bai Yutang still rewarded them, and then discussed with Zhan Zhao, where to check?

"Is it dark now?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, "It's almost here."

"Let's go to Little Monkey tomorrow morning. It's best to talk to him, or go to the Mafu Temple first?" Zhan Zhao suggested.

Bai Yutang thought it was feasible, so he nodded in agreement.

The two of them first took Xiao Sizi and Xiao Liang back to the inn, leaving the two children to rest.After all, it's outrageous to take a child to a mass grave at night.

After making arrangements, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao went out to the Yishui River.

"It would be great if Gongsun was here, let him examine the dead body of Master Liu." Zhan Zhao said to himself, "Look at how this horse belly killed people."

"There are not many ways to die from bleeding from the seven orifices, most of them are poisoning, but there is no reason why the local police cannot find out."

"Didn't he die?" Zhan Zhao smiled, "I think that other jobs shouldn't dare to look at those corpses."

"So, the people who died first at the gate of the yamen really have a very good deterrent effect." Bai Yutang raised his face and looked at the sky... At this time, night was coming, and there were thick clouds and mist in the sky. The crescent moon was obscured.

This kind of small town is deserted at night and very dark.

"No moon?" Zhan Zhao asked suddenly.

Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhan Zhao in surprise.

Zhan Zhao just smiled, "I can't see anything, but I can feel the light, it's very dark tonight, there's no light at all."

Bai Yutang nodded, as Gongsun had written before, Zhan Zhao was not seriously injured, only temporarily blind.In other words, Zhan Hao's purpose is to temporarily blind Zhan Zhao, not to hurt him... Why make a person temporarily blind?what purpose?

The Mafu Temple is in the south of the city, while Bai Yutang and the others are in the north of the city at this time, so they have to cross the river.

When we arrived at the bank of the Yishui River, we found that the boats were tied to the ferry, and there was no one on board.There was a light on in a tea shed not far away, and voices could be faintly heard from inside.

"Probably the boatmen are resting there." Bai Yutang led Zhan Zhao there, and from a long distance away, he heard someone talking, it was a girl's voice, "Oh, it's not that we won't give you money, we said we have to hurry, Big brother, can you do me a favor and ferry us over!"

Bai Yutang slightly raised his eyebrows, his voice sounded familiar...

"Like the girl I met when I came here." Zhan Zhao couldn't see her, but remembered her voice very clearly.

When I got to the tea shed, I went inside and saw, sure enough, three phoenixes and four phoenixes were standing by the table with their bags on their backs, and three or five big men were sitting in the tea shed, some eating noodles and some drinking tea.

The two girls seemed to invite everyone to take the ferry, but the boatmen refused.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao raised the curtain and came in, Bai Yutang said, "Boater, hire a boat to cross the river."

"Uh……"

Those boatmen didn't take it seriously when they first saw the two girls, Sanfeng and Sifeng, and thought about dismissing them, but now they saw that Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were going to cross the river, and they became embarrassed.

"Bosses, our boat does not pass Yishui at night, it is a rule." The man patiently said to Bai Yutang, "The Immortal Horse Belly will capsize our boat if he sees the boat at night!"

Both Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao couldn't help frowning.

"Some of you were overturned by a horse's belly before?" Sifeng was dissatisfied, "Are you trying to prevaricate us?!"

"No..." The boatmen couldn't help it, "I dare not, why don't you earn money if you have money?!"

Seeing the helplessness on the faces of the boatmen, Bai Yutang probably had some taboos. After thinking about it, is there any brave man under the heavy reward? If not, he will have to wait until tomorrow morning.

After thinking about it, he took out a bank note from his pocket and handed it to the boatman, "Shall we go?"

Several boatmen looked at the bank note, their eyes were red, they hesitated, and looked at each other.

"Damn, you're so bold, hungry, and cowardly!" At this time, one of the dark-skinned, sturdy men stood up and said to Bai Yutang, "Give me your bank note, and I'll take it home to my wife and children. I'll take you there by ferry, and it's worth dying! It's better than a child suffering poverty with me."

Bai Yutang nodded and gave him the silver ticket, "I won't let you die."

"Success." The man took the money and explained to the brothers around him that if he didn't come back, he would ask to help take care of the family.

The brothers all nodded in agreement.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao came out of the tea shed to wait for the ferry.

The man was very trustworthy, and he lived not far away. After returning home and giving the bank note to his family, he came to the ferry to push his boat out.

Bai Yutang pulled Zhan Zhao onto the boat, and the three and four phoenixes followed suit.

"Hey!" The boatman blocked the two girls, "Why did you two come up?"

Sifeng muttered, "Together!"

The boatman looked at Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, but neither of them spoke or stopped them.

Three phoenixes and four phoenixes got on the boat quickly, and the boatman couldn't say anything, so he punted the boat and went to the other side.

The man stood at the stern of the boat carefully shaking the scull, while Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao sat beside him, making sure that if something jumped up, it could be dealt with with one blow.

Three Phoenixes and Four Phoenixes were sitting in the boat, looking at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang curiously, guessing their identities.

Zhan Zhao asked the boatman, "What's the name of this elder brother?"

"Oh, just call me the fourth child!" The boatman smiled, "My lord, are you going to the south of the city to do some business after passing through Yishui at night?"

Bai Yutang nodded and asked, "How long is the legend of the horse's belly?"

"Wow... that's old." The fourth child sighed, "I heard from my grandpa, and my grandpa heard from his grandpa!"

"So many people say there is a horse belly, have you all seen a live one?" Zhan Zhao asked with a smile.

"How can it be?" The fourth child shook his head, "Young master, to tell you the truth, many of us didn't really believe it before... Yishui has always been quite peaceful. Just this year, I don't know who Offended that horse-bellied grandfather, so many things happened."

"How many strange things have happened?"

When the fourth child heard Zhan Zhao's question, he babbled about all the strange things in the past few days, and he had the right to embolden himself.

Bai Yutang was sitting at the bow of the boat, he noticed piles of weeds drifting by, scattered in clusters, and wanted to take a closer look.

"My lord, that's a dead mouse." The fourth child told Bai Yutang not to look at it, it was quite dirty.

"Why are there so many dead rats?" Bai Yutang suddenly thought of the swarm of rats running across Chengli in the afternoon.

"Those mice went crazy for some reason. In the afternoon, they first came out from the other side of Yishui, then ran around, passed through the city, and then jumped back into Yishui, drowning a lot...In the evening At that time, a large piece of it floated up. The government plans to bring people to fish it early in the morning and burn it, otherwise there is fear of an epidemic.”

Just as he was saying this, Bai Yutang felt that Zhan Zhao gently tugged at the corner of his clothes.

Bai Yutang looked at him.

Zhan Zhao pointed to his ear.

The fourth child still wanted to talk, but Bai Yutang waved his hand lightly to him.

The fourth child was stunned.

At the same time, there seemed to be other splashing sounds amidst the rushing water...

Before he could understand what was going on, the fourth child saw Bai Yutang reach out and grab his sleeve and pull it back violently... It was too late, and the fourth child just staggered and fell to the stern when he heard "Wow!" "There was a loud bang.

Something huge broke out of the water...

"Ah!" The four phoenixes and the three phoenixes saw a big fish jumping out of the water, opened their mouths wide and bit it, if the boatman hadn't been pulled away by Bai Yutang, he would have bitten it firmly.

Bai Yutang also frowned when he saw the big fish.

This thing looks like a fish, but it has a fat body, a mouth full of fangs, and a smooth body that seems to have some tiger stripes.There is a fan-like dorsal fin on the back.

"Yutang, bow your head..."

Bai Yutang wasn't quite sure if it was a fish, but he heard Zhan Zhao's voice behind him.He already felt a slight chill coming from his back... This ice-like sword energy could only be emitted by Zhan Zhao's giant sword, so he suddenly lowered his body.

The three phoenixes and the four phoenixes saw that Zhan Zhao was holding a long cloth bag behind his back. At this time, the blue cloth bag had been opened, revealing the hilt of an ancient black sword. With a draw of the sword...

A cold light flashed across it, and the giant que flew in a circle in the air, and the sound of the dragon's chant made people shudder.

As Bai Guang passed by, he heard a "stab" sound, it was the sound of flesh being torn after being cut by a sharp knife, it was clear.

A big bloody mouth appeared on the side of the big fish, and with a "boom"... it fell sideways and slowly sank to the bottom of the river, a string of blood bubbles popping up.

Bai Yutang stood up straight, raised his hand to gently catch a few black hairs that were fluttering down, and looked back at Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao waved his hand and swung it down... The blood drops on the Juque fell back into the water, and the sword was sheathed with a "cang clang", Zhan Zhao tilted his head and said, "I'm sorry."

Bai Yutang tossed his hair, and replied flatly, "What did you call me just now?"

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao blinked, "Did I call you just now? I said fish! Lower your head."

Bai Yutang shook his head, reached out to help the dumbfounded fourth child, "Are you all right?"

"..."

It took a long time for the fourth child to come back to his senses, "Mother...Mother! You, you just killed the horse belly fairy?"

"It's just a fish." Bai Yutang said to the fourth child, "Go on rowing."

"Oh..." The fourth child trembled and ran to continue rocking the boat. This time, he saw nothing but large pieces of dead rats along the way.

After the boat arrived at the shore, Bai Yutang rewarded the fourth brother with some money, and asked him to find an inn in the south of the city to stay overnight, and it would be safer to row across the river tomorrow morning.

The fourth child was so happy that he went from ear to ear, took the silver and went to the town to find an inn, and before leaving, he told Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang, and the way to go to the Mafu ancestral hall.

The three and four phoenixes seemed to be in a hurry, thanked the two of them and ran away in a hurry.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked up the mountain not far away according to the route told by the fourth child. From a distance, they could already see the looming ancestral hall on the mountain.

"What was that just now?" Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang described the fish to him.

"Don't tell me that the horse's belly also has tiger stripes? Could it be that this strange fish is regarded as a horse's belly?"

"It's more or less the same." Bai Yutang lowered his head and noticed a raised stone in front of him. He wanted to tell Zhan Zhao, but he heard the grass on the side of the road rustle.

He froze for a moment, Zhan Zhao had tripped and leaned forward.

Bai Yutang hurried forward to grab a handful...he took it safely.

At the same time, I saw a wild cat scurrying out from the grass with a mouse in its mouth. It was startled when it saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, and stood blankly in the middle of the road, staring at them with a pair of green eyes people watch.

"Are you okay?" Bai Yutang supported Zhan Zhao and asked.

"No." Zhan Zhao was a little embarrassed, and just about to speak when he stood still, he heard a terrible meow.

In the middle of the night, the meowing of cats was extremely miserable and frightening.

Bai Yutang turned his head and saw the cat lying on the ground.

"What?!" Zhan Zhao heard the sound.

Bai Yutang dragged him forward a few steps, took out a torch from his pocket, lit it, and squatted down to watch... I saw that wild cat had a dead mouse in its mouth, it was already stiff, and blood was oozing from its seven holes .

Zhan Zhao poked Bai Yutang's shoulder, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yutang stood up, "The cat is dead...it seems that the dead mouse is poisonous."

"Alas..." Zhan Zhao sighed faintly.

Bai Yutang came back to his senses, turned to look at him, wondering why he was sighing.

Seeing Zhan Zhao scratching his finger lightly, he said, "The cat and the mouse are really enemies, they will die together."

Bai Yutang coughed.

Zhan Zhao blinked, "What color is that mouse?"

Bai Yutang looked at the sky, put away the torch, and grabbed his wrist, "Let's go..."