After participating in the metaphysical variety show, I exploded

Tang Yucheng's guess was completely correct. Manager Sui did make two-handed preparations. He approached Chenxi Media and Chuanjue Entertainment at the same time. When the cooperation with Chenxi failed, he immediately contacted Chuanjue Entertainment and quickly finalized the contract.

In this competition, Manager Sui is the judge.He only needs to use the authority of the judges to appoint Zheng Zhaoyu as the winner of this competition.Zheng Zhaoyu will clarify to the public in the show that there are no water monkeys in the world, and there are no strange things in Qinghe Town.At this time, Lubo Company announced logically that they were willing to invite Zheng Zhaoyu to speak for the tourism project of Qinghe Town.Mutual benefit for both sides, it is really a win-win situation!

As for Le Qinian... Hmph, he doesn't even want such an opportunity to make money lying down, he deserves to be stuck in the heart of the earth for the rest of his life!

At that time, no matter how he performs, Manager Sui will try his best to pick out the thorns, and he must suppress his ranking!

"In this competition, contestants can move freely within Qinghe Town." Chu Gui introduced the rules, "Contestants can form a team or fight alone. Each contestant will receive a copy of the "Qinghe Town Continuous Drowning Incident" '. Please make full use of your psychic abilities and smart minds to solve the mystery of the continuous drowning incident!"

The assistant of the program team handed the materials to the contestants respectively.Le Qinian also received a folder.The information details the identities of each victim of the consecutive drowning incidents, and I don't know how the program group or Lubo Company got this information.

"All the contestants have no objections, right? Then I announce——the competition begins!"

Since players can form teams, Le Qinian of course wants to find familiar people to cooperate with.There is great power in numbers.The first thing he saw were the twins.During the last trip to Bishui Town, Le Qinian intended to form a team with the twins, but the program crew forcefully forced Jun Xiuyan into him—he didn't mean to dislike Jun Xiuyan.But Gu King is stronger.

"Brother Xiao Le, let's form a team!" The twins ran towards him.

"It's exactly what I want." Le Qinian smiled broadly.

Vincenzo also came over shyly: "Can you add me?"

Le Qinian's stomach began to hurt again.He was about to refuse, but Jin Piaopiao took the first step: "Okay! Brother Xiaowen, you are our savior, of course we welcome you!"

Now that the little loli has said so, Le Qinian can't refuse, so he can only bite the bullet and accept Vincenzo's invitation to form a team.

Another savior of the twins, Jun Xiuyan, is also eager to join them.But Chu Gui hugged his shoulders affectionately and pushed him towards Zheng Zhaoyu.

"Xiao Jun, how about you team up with Zhao Yu?" Chu Gui's sweet smile gave Jun Xiuyan goosebumps.

"Didn't it mean that players can form teams freely? I think..."

"But you're not a player."

Jun Xiuyan choked.Yes, he is a guest.This shit program is really good at playing word games!

Chu Gui let him form a team with Zheng Zhaoyu, it must be the director's instruction.If you offend the director, maybe they won't invite you next time.Then how can he monitor Le Qinian?

I can only endure it for the time being.

"Then I would like to ask for your advice." Jun Xiuyan looked at Zheng Zhaoyu's always smiling face, and his scalp felt a little numb.

At this moment, the official live broadcast room has been swiped by a certain science popularization V's proprietary emoji pack, which is dedicated to dispelling rumors about Water Monkey.

[Hahaha Water Monkey, the program team is very good at making trouble, why don't you invite a certain science popularization teacher V to be a guest? 】

[Once that teacher comes out, what else can the contestants do? 】

[Help, my mind has already begun to echo the teacher's "it's water monkey time"! 】

[Place a bet, place a bet!What is the truth about the water monkey incident in Qinghe Town?Type the answer in your heart on the public screen! 1. Simple accident; 2. The masses mistaken the aquatic creatures for water monkeys; 3. The hype of the local media. 】

[Considering that almost every episode of this show has murders, I choose 4. The drowning incident as a man-made serial murder. 】

[Then I choose 5. There are really water monkeys in the world. 】

[Hahaha, beware of the natural teacher hitting you with a nunchuck! 】

The contestants have already divided into teams and set off scrambling to be the first.Le Qinian stood where he was, and carefully read the documents in his hand.

"Brother Xiao Le, are we still leaving?" Jin Piaopiao asked eagerly.

"Did King Gu say anything to you?" Le Qinian asked absent-mindedly.

Jin Miaomiao put her ear close to the metal ball, listening intently to Gu King's whisper.After a few seconds, her little face contorted.

"King Gu said... let's go to the theater to watch the show..." she said inexplicably.

Vincenzo knelt on the ground, took out his tarot cards, quickly shuffled and cut the cards, and finally arranged the three cards from left to right, and turned them over one by one.

Le Qinian put down the materials.Gu King never does useless work, so there must be a reason for them to enter the theater.

He walked towards Manager Sui who was being interviewed by Chu Gui in front of the theater.

Manager Sui, who had long been dissatisfied with Le Qinian, greeted the young man with a cold smile. "Is there something wrong, Mr. Le?"

"Is this theater owned by Lubo Company?" Le Qinian asked.He remembered that the tourism business of Lvbo Company included cultural theater, "Can we go into the theater and watch the performance of "Love on the Qinghe"?"

Chu Gui was surprised: "Xiao Le, the competition time is limited. Are you going to waste your precious time watching the performance? ——I didn't mean to say that the performance was bad." He added to Manager Sui.

Manager Sui looked at his watch and said politely and distantly: "Even if you want to watch it now, it's too late. The show will end in 10 minutes. The next show won't start until the afternoon."

"It's okay, just look at the tail." Le Qinian said.

Manager Sui was certainly not happy, but after all, he was the one who invited them to do the show, so he could only try his best to meet the contestants' requirements.

He told the theater staff to allow Le Qinian and others to enter.Le Qinian took the twins to find a seat in the back row and sat down.Vincenzo said he wanted to solve the tarot cards and insisted on staying outside the theater.

The performance of "Love on the Qinghe" has come to an end. Amidst the high-pitched and piercing music, an actor painted all over in gold hangs a wire and descends from the sky, with the brilliance behind him.Le Qinian guessed that he probably played a role like a fairy.

Half the seats in the theater are empty.It seems that the rumor of the water monkey has indeed caused a considerable impact on the tourism industry of Qinghe Town.Le Qinian picked up a leaflet on the ground, glanced at it, and roughly understood the content of "Qinghe Youqing".

This song and dance drama is adapted from the local folklore of Qinghe town.Legend has it that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there lived a river god in Qinghe River.He ordered the townspeople of Qinghe to offer a young girl as his bride every year, otherwise they would cast spells to capsize the boats on the river.The people of Qinghe Town rely on water for water, so of course they can't live without boats, so they have to submit to the majesty of the river god.All families with unmarried daughters were panicked, and even discussed fleeing to other places.

The heroine of "Qinghe Youqing" is the bride chosen by the river god, but she already has a lover, so she and her lover rebel against the tyrannical river god and fate.In the end, their love moved the heaven and the earth, and the gods were sent to subdue the river god.The tyrannical river god changed his ways and became a good god to protect the land and water.

It seems to be a mythical version of "Ximen Leopard Governing Ye", except that Ximen Leopard is replaced by a fairy, and a love story is added.I don't know if it is the folklore itself, or the screenwriter is too lazy to use his brain.

The musical ended with the chorus of all the actors.The audience responded with sparse applause, mixed with murmured complaints.

"Damn it, I got cheated, it's not pretty at all! Waste of money!"

"The plot is so boring, and in the end it even turned out to be a mechanical descendant!"

"That's right, why wasn't the River God punished! Just let him go so lightly? Isn't the screenwriter too holy?"

The audience's opinions on the plot are quite large.

Le Qinian and the twins left the theater following the crowd.Manager Sui was standing at the entrance of the theater with his hands behind his back, introducing the history of the theater and the business of Lvbo Company to the camera.As expected of a sponsor, seize every opportunity to advertise yourself.

He noticed the three of them, Le Qinian. "Is Mr. Le satisfied with the performance?"

"It's refreshing. Great inspiration." Le Qinian said succinctly, "Piao Piao Miao Miao, let's investigate the clues."

After speaking, he stopped talking to Manager Sui, and walked out of the theater holding two little hands of Lolita.

Manager Sui looked at his back and gritted his teeth resentfully.This Le Qinian didn't take him seriously at all!They put forward such favorable conditions, but Le Qinian refused to be Lubo's spokesperson. Could it be that he looked down on them?

Sooner or later, this kid with eyes above the top will have to pay the price!

Vincenzo was still kneeling at the gate, studying his tarot cards carefully.Pedestrians passing by cast curious eyes on him and pointed. "What's that doing? Making a movie? Look, there's a camera next to it!"

"Are you interested?" He raised his head and asked.

"Let's talk while walking." Le Qinian said.

Vincenzo picked up the three tarot cards on the ground, held them in his hands, and followed Le Qinian's footsteps.

Le Qinian looked back at the poster at the entrance of the theater. "Speaking of which, I discovered a strange thing when I watched the drama just now. The actress who played the heroine is not the same person as the one on the poster."

"Sing and dance actors are generally divided into groups A and B, and the two groups perform alternately." Vincenzo said, "I think the actors on the poster belong to group A, but today's performance happens to be group B. Are you not from the entertainment industry? What? Don't even know this?"

"I'm acting in a film and television drama, not a stage drama. The interlacing is like a mountain." Le Qi said young and fluttering.

This time their photography assistant is still Ronaldinho.The fat boy happily chased after them.

"Brother Le, Brother Wen, can you tell me about your discovery?" He asked without losing the opportunity.

Le Qinian opened the materials distributed by the program group: "When I was reading the materials just now, I found a wonderful coincidence: among the victims of Yuxiang in every drowning incident, there was at least one woman. Either a woman fell into the water alone, or a man and a woman They fell into the water together. There has never been a case of a male falling into the water alone."

Hearing what he said, the twins quickly opened their files.

"Really! Miaomiao didn't even notice!" Jin Miaomiao was ashamed.

"What does this mean?" Jin Piaopiao asked.

"Didn't we watch the performance just now? There is a river god living in the Qinghe River, and he asked the townspeople to donate young girls as his bride..."

Xiao Luo gasped: "Brother Le, what do you mean, the victims of those drowning incidents were actually dragged into the water by the river god? The water monkey is the river god?"

Jin Piaopiao ran a few steps quickly, and grabbed Le Qinian's sleeve: "But hasn't the River God changed his ways?"

Jin Miaomiao said later: "That's just a plot in a stage play, maybe it's all made up."

Ronaldinho was a little embarrassed.He has seen too many unusual scenes with Le Qinian, and now that he heard that there is a river god in Qinghe, instead of being surprised, he quickly accepted the fact—what Brother Le said was right!

But the director had explained to them that the purpose of coming to Qinghe Town this time was to dispel rumors about Water Monkey.Brother Le's discovery runs counter to the director's intention, so how can the show continue?

He turned to Vincenzo, who had never said a word in the group of four: "Brother Wen, what do you think?"

Vincenzo looked down at the tarot cards in his hand.

"I think—Xiao Le's words are justified."

"Ah? Why even you..." Xiao Luo broke out in a cold sweat.Aren't you dismantling the station of our program group?

Vincenzo showed a tarot card with a picture of a noble goddess holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other.

"I use this card to predict whether the drowning incident is a coincidence or man-made. This card is justice. Being in the upright position represents fairness and morality. But it is in the reverse position now, representing the existence of evil in these events."

After speaking, he showed a second card, on which was a huge roulette wheel, surrounded by angels and devils. "I use this card to see if there is a connection between drowning events. This is the wheel of fortune. Fate is unpredictable, constantly changing, but repeating itself...I think these events are not only connected, but also related to other events in the distant past. Got in touch."

Ronaldinho heard that one head has two big heads. "You said it was related to past incidents, that is to say, in the past, the God of Qinghe River asked to sacrifice young girls, but now the water monkeys only harm women?"

Vincenzo nodded and put the two cards back into his card box.

Ronaldinho hurriedly asked: "But there is still a third card!"

"I use the third card to divine who is behind these events. Now is not the time to reveal it." Vincenzo smiled mysteriously.

"Wen! Brother! Since you know who the chief envoy is, tell us quickly! Don't whet our appetites!"

Vincenzo pretended not to hear what Ronaldinho said, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

[Fuck, who was the one who said "5. There are really water monkeys in the world" just now?You really hit the spot! 】

[In front, Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games has been successful!Everyone knows that water monkeys don't exist, have you never surfed the web? 】

[But didn’t Brother Le say that the river god is a water monkey?The river god dragged the girls into the water because he was greedy for their beauty, which is very true! 】

[This program is obviously a popular science program, the purpose is to prove that there are no strange factors behind the drowning incident.I saw that Le Qinian didn't understand the requirements of the show at all, so he pretended to say that water monkeys really exist. 】

【Hehe, in the past, he pretended to be a ghost, and everyone was fooled by him. After all, there is no way to prove that ghosts and gods do not exist.But this time is different, the water monkey has been refuted so many times, Le Qinian repeats his old trick this time, and kicked it to the iron plate! 】

The group of four didn't know that the audience in the live broadcast room had been divided into two factions to fight, and they were walking towards Qinghe while shopping leisurely.

There are many Internet celebrity gourmet restaurants on the streets of Qinghe Town.Like a mouse that fell into a rice bowl, Le Qinian visited almost every store, and enthusiastically bought delicious food for the twins and Vincenzo.After walking a few streets, the four of them already had several different types of milk tea in their hands, gnawed on crepes, chewed on kebabs, and held fragrant fried chicken in their hands.People who don't know think they are doing travel, eating and broadcasting programs.

However, because players are not allowed to carry communication tools, it is Ronaldinho who scans the code to pay.Le Qinian promised to pay back the money after the show.Ronaldinho looked sullen.He was holding the live broadcast equipment and couldn't get the food.Obviously he was the one who paid, but he didn't eat any delicious food.woo woo woo.

Soon the four of them came to the bank of Qinghe River.Standing on the breakwater and looking at the vast river, everyone felt at ease.There are a few cruise ships scattered on the river.There was a row of empty cruise ships parked by the pier not far away, and the conductor was lying at the window, yawning lazily.

It should have been a season full of tourists, but the business was so deserted.No wonder Lubo Company couldn't wait to find "Who is Shaman King", hoping they would dispel the rumors about Water Monkey.If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that all the employees will drink the northwest wind.

"I never imagined that such a beautiful place would live with something as terrifying as a water monkey..." Jin Piaopiao said to himself.

"The more dangerous things are, the more beautiful they are, just like poisonous mushrooms, they all look gaudy, right?" Jin Miaomiao nodded, very proud of her analogy skills.

Le Qinian looked as far as the eye could see, all the way to a small green island in the middle of the river: "If Qinghe town had river god beliefs since ancient times, there might be river temples and dragon king temples nearby."

"I'll ask." Vincenzo said as he walked towards the cruise ship ticket office.I don't know what he said to the conductor. The middle-aged aunt suddenly smiled and talked a lot, then pointed to the other side of the river.

Vincenzo came back after a while. "The conductor said that there is indeed a river temple," he said. "It's over there. How about it, do you want to go?"

"That's needless to say." Le Qinian said.

"What did that aunt tell you?" Jin Piaopiao asked.

"She praised me for being handsome." Vincenzo who said this was extremely calm, as if this situation was commonplace.

He and Le Qinian walked towards the direction of the Heshen Temple.The twins followed far behind, whispering to each other.

"Sister, do you think Brother Vincenzo is very... narcissistic?"

"I feel it! How can someone say that he is handsome without changing his face!"

There were still quarrels in the live broadcast room, but there were also many bullet screens that were overjoyed by Vincenzo's words and deeds.

[An ordinary but confident man is called Pu Xinnan, what is the name of that handsome and confident man? 】

[... Ordinary narcissist? 】

The temples in Le Qinian's impression are all located in the deep mountains and old forests, where they live in seclusion and don't care about world affairs.However, the River God Temple in Qinghe Town is located in the bustling commercial street.The temples with red walls and black tiles are incompatible with the surrounding modern buildings, as if an ancient person suddenly crossed into the modern busy streets.

The visit to the Heshen Temple is free, but after entering the mountain gate, the square in front of the temple is empty.On the wall stood the roll-up banners promoting the musical "Love on the Qinghe". Several roll-up banners had been blown down by the wind, but no one helped them up.

"It's so deserted..." Jin Miaomiao muttered.

"Is it also due to the impact of the drowning incident? Or is this river temple itself not very popular?" Vincenzo looked at Le Qinian questioningly.

The latter shrugged: "Ask the staff here."

After searching and searching, they only found a temple wish in the place where they asked for a lottery.That Miao Zhu was already old, with a gray beard, and he was quite immortal and kind-hearted at first, but when Le Qinian and others found him, he was lowering his head and fiddled with his mobile phone, and a loud "double kill" sounded completely Destroyed his independent temperament.

Seeing the group of four approaching, Miao Zhu hurriedly stuffed the phone into his pocket.

"Are the benefactors asking for a lottery?" He enthusiastically handed over a lottery container, "Let foreign friends draw one, and experience our Chinese culture!"

Vincenzo, who was stuffed with a lottery, looked up at Le Qinian at a loss, asking for his opinion.

If you want to inquire about news from the people who do business, buying his goods is the best stepping stone.

"Then you can draw once." Le Qinian looked at the price of the lottery, and asked Ronaldinho to pay.

It was the first time for Vincenzo to ask for a lottery. He dangled around for a long time with a lottery holder before pulling out a lottery and handing it to Miaozhu to solve the lottery.

"This foreign friend's fortune is very good!" Miao Zhu was beaming, "I got the top lottery! The lottery said: The dragon and the snake penetrate the thousand layers of waves, and the jade rabbit shines brightly; seek hope and advise you to start quickly, God I am very happy. You are really blessed to be able to achieve what you want, congratulations!"

Vincenzo didn't quite understand the sign language, but at least he knew it was a good lottery. He lifted his blond hair triumphantly: "As expected of me."

Jin Piaopiao picked up the lottery and looked at it, puffing his cheeks and asked Miaozhu: "Uncle, are there all auspicious lottery in here? No matter how you draw it, it will be the best lottery."

Vincenzo's smile froze on his face.

Le Qinian also took the lottery and shook it. "After all, if you say good things about the customer, the customer will pay willingly."

Miao Zhu couldn't hold back on his face.He looked at the Taoist robe on Le Qinian's body, and then looked at Xiao Luo who was holding the live broadcast equipment behind him, feeling a little helpless: "Are you in the same company? Why come to tear down my station? Did that old woman ask you to come here?"

Le Qinian was a little confused. "You misunderstood, we are not sent by anyone. We are doing live broadcast of variety shows."

"variety show?"

"A reality show called "Who is the Shaman King?" Le Qinian explained, "We are inquiring about the legend of the River God in Qinghe Town. Since you are the priest of the River God Temple, you must know this legend very well, right? "

After confirming again and again that they were not here to mess things up, Miao Zhu's expression suddenly relaxed a lot.

"The legend of the river god in our Qinghe Town has a long history. Have you ever watched the musical "Qinghe Youqing"? If you buy tickets from me, you can get a [-]% discount."

"I've seen it, I've seen it." The group of four said in unison.

Miao Zhu was slightly disappointed, but soon returned to normal. "As "Qinghe Youqing" said, the river god enshrined in this river temple was originally an evil god who bullied men and women and committed all kinds of evil. But later he changed his evil ways and became a good god who protects the water and soil. Therefore, the people of Qinghe They all worshiped him wholeheartedly and built this river temple for him.”

Vincenzo sneered: "I don't see how sincerely the people are convinced. There is not much incense at all." He still remembers that Miao Zhu cheated him.

Seeing that these people are not easy to mess with, Miao Zhu said, "This is just a small temple, and it must not be as good as the famous mountain..."

A cold and stern laugh suddenly sounded from behind the few people.

"Of course the incense is deserted, because this temple is not effective at all. It is said that 'if the mountain is not high, there will be immortals, and if the water is not deep, there will be dragons." There is no river god here, how can it be effective? Only fools give money to this kind of place! "

Several people turned around.I saw a chicken-skinned and white-haired old woman stepping into the mountain gate with a cane.Behind him was a woman in her thirties with a hasty expression: "Chairman, slow down!"

The old woman is old, but her eyes are sharper than the young man's.Le Qinian was swept away by her gaze, and felt a chill down his spine for no reason.

Fangcai Miaozhu asked them if they were sent by the old woman, could it be this old woman?

"What do you mean there is no river god?" Le Qinian looked at the old woman.

"It means literally." The old woman looked at the plaque in the main hall of the River God Temple contemptuously, "The River God has not changed his ways at all. That legend was fabricated for tourism promotion, just to deceive you outsiders."

"Are you from Qinghe Town?" Le Qinian asked.

The old woman turned to Le Qinian, as if she cared about the Taoist robe on him. "Why, little Taoist priest, are you interested in the River God?"

Le Qinian looked down at himself.He is not wrong, why does the old woman keep staring at him?

"We are doing a show and want to know about the legend of Qinghe River God. Can you tell us?"

"It's not a secret. The old people in Qinghe Town basically know it." The old woman said, "I was born in Qinghe Town, and then I moved to the imperial capital. When I was young, the legend of the river god went like this: the river god of Qinghe asked the town to The townspeople sacrificed a young girl every year, otherwise the boats on the river would be overturned. The townspeople couldn't bear it anymore and invited a Taoist priest with profound morals to persuade the river god. But the Taoist found that the river god was not a god, but a water god. So he used his magic power to suppress the monster pretending to be a god at the bottom of the Qing River, and he would never stand up again.

"Without the river god, there is no need for the river god temple to exist. The people of Qinghe converted it into a Buddhist temple. The statue of the river god was also removed and replaced with a Buddha statue. But later, when the four old ones were destroyed, the Buddhist temple was destroyed again. Destroyed. On the contrary, the statue of the river god who was thrown in the warehouse as garbage escaped unharmed.

"In the past ten years, in order to develop tourism, Qinghe Town has thought of using the legend of the river god to restore the ruined temple to its original state. In order to attract tourists, a new legend was fabricated - the river god was not suppressed , but corrected the evil and returned to the righteous. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the townspeople still worship the river god!"

After finishing speaking, the old woman sneered a few times, her voice was like a night owl's screaming.

"So, little Taoist, there has never been a river god in Qinghe Town!"

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