People are in the division of eliminating demons, and martial arts have evolved by themselves

Chapter 246 Qingshui City

Qingshui City is a bit far from Baidi City, it takes three days to travel, and it is also a prefectural city.

But when Zhou You arrived at Qingshui City, he was a little surprised.

Generally, prefectural cities are extremely developed and prosperous in business.

This Qingshui City is a bit different, the environment is quiet, the streets are lined with trees, the architectural style is exquisite and elegant, with green bricks and cornices, there is a sense of peace and comfort everywhere.

The pace of life here does not seem to be tense, and the faces of the common people are not busy for life.

During this secret investigation, Zhou You didn't ride a black-scaled horse, but just led an ordinary horse, dressed in a white shirt, and dressed as a knight-errant.

This kind of dress is very common, and there is nothing eye-catching.

Zhou You also found an inn that looked pretty good.

"Shopkeeper, I heard from my friend that there is a beautiful scenery called Liuling Mountain near Qingshui City. Is it true?"

When registering, Zhou You asked casually.

This Liuling Mountain is where Monk Shenxiu found the second head sacrifice.

"Young Master, then you must have been deceived by your friends. This Liuling Mountain is not a good place."

The manager of the inn is a middle-aged man with a thin face, wearing a light blue Confucian shirt, with the smell of a scholar.

"Oh? How do you say it?" Zhou You asked.

"When I was young, Liuling Mountain was indeed a good place, with beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery."

"However, just over ten years ago, a large-scale plague broke out here. The plague killed many people. In the end, the government transported all the corpses that died due to the plague to Liuling Mountain for burning."

"Since then, Liuling Mountain has become an extremely terrifying place. It is said that the wailing and groaning of those who died of illness can be heard every night. No one dares to go there anymore."

The shopkeeper sighed.

"So that's the case." Zhou You nodded thoughtfully.

The head sacrifice in Guyue City was guarded by a village turned into a ghost, and ordinary people would seek death if they entered.

And this Qingshui City has even more terrifying rumors, ordinary people can't avoid it, how can anyone enter this Liuling Mountain.

It seems that the gods really spent a lot of thought on hiding the head sacrifice.

If Taoist Tianzhu hadn't wanted to drag Zhou You into the water and tell him the secret.

Perhaps Zhou You would not be able to discover the head sacrifice behind the mountain village.

The shopkeeper quickly completed the formalities for Zhou You and gave him a room number plate.

Zhou You went to the next room, the environment is not bad, clean and tidy, he nodded with satisfaction.

For the next time, he didn't go anywhere, just stayed in the room, closed his eyes and meditated to rest.

He didn't open his eyes until night.

It was dark at this moment, and there was silence in the inn.

Zhou You opened the window and jumped directly.

With his current skills, his figure was like a civet cat, without making any sound, he disappeared into the darkness.

Qingshui government office is brightly lit.

Two yamen servants on duty stood on both sides of the door.

However, Qingshui City has been peaceful for a long time, let alone monsters, and even thieves are rare.

The two yamen servants stood at the door, yawning a long time ago, not paying attention to a figure jumping over the wall like a big bird.

"When I was in Ancient Yue City, I focused all my attention on the case of demons, but I didn't expect that the gods would hide the human head sacrifice in this way."

The person who sneaked into the government office was naturally Zhou You, relying on his incomparably powerful perception ability, easily escaped all the servants on duty and came to the reference room.

In the government office, the status of the reference room is not high, so of course no one will be assigned to guard it at night, it is just a symbolic lock.

Naturally, this iron lock was nothing in Zhou You's eyes, and it broke when he pulled it.

Sneaked in quietly.

Facing the mountain of files in the reference room, Zhou You could only look for the accumulation of the plague.

Usually, the government government should keep files for this kind of plague that killed tens of thousands of people at once.

But after searching around for a long time, I couldn't find any relevant information.

I just saw a few sporadic records in the official annals.

"In the 36th year of Xuanwu Dayin, an unknown plague broke out, killing more than 13 people and buried in Liuling Mountain."

"In the 39th year of Xuanwu in Dayin, an unknown plague broke out, killing 10,000+ people and buried in Liuling Mountain."

"In the 41st year of Xuanwu Dayin, an unknown plague broke out again, and the number of deaths is unknown. It was buried in Liuling Mountain."

Judging from the government records, the records about this plague became more and more vague. By the time of the last unknown plague, they didn't even bother to count the number of people, and directly wrote that the number of people was unknown.

"The water in Qingshui Mansion here is not shallow." Zhou You sneered in his heart.

This unknown plague has killed so many people. Not only do they not have any relevant data files, but only a few records. Anyone who is a normal person can see the tricks in it.

"Being able to cover up such a big matter, I'm afraid that none of the entire Qingshui government office is clean."

Zhou You narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that the infiltration of the Celestial Society is even terrifying in imagination.

Due to the Great Yin royal family's fear of the Exorcist, intelligence has been suppressing it everywhere to prevent its development.

What's more, the Exorcist and the government have always been hostile, and rarely communicate with each other.

But to investigate the truth behind the plague, Zhou You can't be in a hurry.

With his strength, there is no problem at all in rushing directly into the government office and killing the Quartet, but his goal is not these, but the Tianshenhui hidden behind.

If these people in the government office are moved now, I am afraid they will only startle the snake.

After thinking for a while, Zhou You put all the files back intact, then exited the reference room and disappeared into the government office.

In the next few days, Zhou You didn't do anything, just collecting information in secret.

Walking around in the streets and alleys of Qingshui City, he specially chatted with those lonely and widowed old people.

He was handsome and strong, making people think that he would not be a bad person at first glance, and those old people were not wary of Zhou You.

The thing that Zhou You asked the most was naturally the plague.

On this day, under a willow tree beside a small river.

Zhou You was playing chess with a hale and hearty old man, and accidentally mentioned the plague.

Speaking of the plague, the old man couldn't help but sighed.

"This plague is strange to say. Not only did it come suddenly, but it also went away very suddenly. Moreover, those who were infected were young people. Once infected, they would be extremely weak and would die within a day. Pity my two sons , have contracted this vicious disease." When the old man mentioned the past, a look of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Didn't you ask the genius doctor to come and take a look?" Zhou You asked seemingly casually.

"I found it. I remember that when the plague first broke out, the old magistrate found a miracle doctor."

"As a result, the genius doctor said that there is no cure for this plague. As long as the corpses of the dead are gathered and burned, the plague will be wiped out."

"Later, the plague broke out twice, both using this method." The old man shook his head.

(End of this chapter)