Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 114 Chongwen Haiyan (2)
"Yes," Feng Shen nodded, "but I'm afraid of causing rumors, the humble job is just to dredge up silt."

"It's right!" Su Wang said, "If you let the wind out before you find out, it will only increase unnecessary troubles."

Feng Shendao: "But how should the victimized people be explained?"

King Su rubbed his hands, and pondered, "Whether it's a coincidence, or a man pretending to be a ghost, it's hard to say now... Besides, the people don't prosecute such things. According to what you said, the girl's parents I am very afraid of 'water ghosts', I would rather abandon my daughter's body than go to the river to find the corpse. Even if the government wants to stand up for them, the suffering master of the family must be willing, right?"

"My lord!" Feng Shen said anxiously, "Several lives have been lost in succession, why are you just standing by like this?"

Su Wang smiled and said: "I didn't say I don't care, I just have to change the method!"

"Oh?" Feng Shenxi said, "Your Highness already has a good plan?"

"We can't cure the root cause for the time being, let's try to treat the symptoms first," Su Wang said, "This matter happened in Chongwenmen, and it is also under the responsibility of this king. How about this, this king will hire a few mages with a lot of money, and the ' Water ghosts' town it!"

Feng Shen frowned, "These kind of warlocks are mostly charlatans, how can they be trusted?"

"Haha, I knew you would say that!" Su Wang said, "Feng Shen, not only you don't believe it, but I don't believe it either!"

Feng Shen was puzzled, "Then why do you..."

"Why?" King Su smiled mysteriously, "Because the common people believe in it! So, not only must the ritual of suppressing ghosts be done, but it must also be done with such beauty and excitement that all villages from ten miles away will know about it!"

"Understood." Feng Shen figured out King Su's intentions, "The prince's move is to reassure the people nearby."

"That's right," King Su said again, "we'll invite Taoist priests to do the trick, and secretly send more people to patrol around the moat day and night. Firstly, we can be vigilant and preventive; secondly, if someone falls into the water, we can quickly rescue them. Don't worry, It’s boils that always bulge their heads, and if it’s really a villain doing evil, they will definitely show their feet!”

Feng Shen tentatively said: "My lord, in your opinion, who should be sent to take charge of this inspection?"

"Hahaha," King Su laughed loudly, "whoever recruits will do it, there is no need to go around in circles to ask for a job! Can't I see that you are eager to fight?"

Feng Shen also smiled and said: "Thank you, my lord, for your trust!"

King Su nodded and said: "I will tell you later that I will go down and let the sea patrol the military service at your disposal. Do it with all your heart! Don't let innocent people die in that moat again!"

Feng Shen straightened his back and said, "The humble job takes orders!"

At noon the next day, there was a lot of magic music on the bank of the moat.The flags are high and the incense candles are inserted everywhere.Amidst the burning smoke, several warlocks in apricot yellow Taoist robes held back their energy, dancing left and right, jumping up and down.On all sides of the Fatai, there are sea patrols and flood guards.A trumpeter beat the gong and shouted loudly: "There is no taboo for the heavenly master to sacrifice to the canal! There is no taboo for the heavenly master to sacrifice to the canal..."

The nearby people heard the movement and rushed to have a look. After a while, a black mass gathered on the edge of the embankment.Hearing that it was the official family offering sacrifices to the canal, the common people were overjoyed.Those who believe in Buddhism can't help but pray silently.If there is another good thing, I just took a few hanging whips, picked them up with a pole, and set them off cracklingly.Seeing this, the soldiers guarding Xun spread out and formed a human wall, separating the people from the city canal.

Seeing more and more people coming, the warlocks on the stage worked harder and harder.The wooden sword swung swiftly, and the silver bell swayed wildly.When the dance reached its peak, it seemed to be in a swing, with disheveled hair, like madness...

The warlocks showed their magical powers and were sweating profusely from their work.Although he rested several times in the middle, he persisted and carried out the ceremony until the sun was setting.Following a few "urgent orders", a large number of fried noodles and fruits, together with the meat of the three animals, were poured into the river.

After the ceremony was over, several sedan chairs came to pick up the exhausted warlocks and send them back to the temple.After a whole afternoon, the people were also hot and tired, and they all dispersed one after another before the Xun soldiers drove them away.

Standing on the tower, Feng Shen slowly put down the tube mirror in his hand, shook his head and sighed softly: "This scene is finally over... Can the common people feel at ease?"

Just as he was thinking, Feng Shen suddenly heard someone calling.

"Brother Feng!"

Feng Shen turned his head and saw that it was Xianggua running up to the city.Cantaloupe wrapped in a lotus leaf in her hand, panting. "I inquired several times before I found out that you are here!"

Feng Shen smiled and said, "Look at your sweaty brow, what's wrong?"

"Hehe", the melon wiped his face, shook the lotus leaf wrapped in his hands, "Chang Ma steamed the buns, I picked a few big ones from the hair drawer, and brought them specially for you."

Feng Shen's heart warmed up, "Mustmelon, you don't have to do this in the future, it's the same when I go home to eat..."

"How do I know when you'll be back? I didn't see you at noon." Cantaloupe wrapped the lotus leaf in a stuffed bag, "Brother Feng, I made the stuffing for the buns, try it quickly, it won't be hot in a while!"

"Okay." Feng Shen took a taste and frowned slightly.

"Is it delicious?" Cantaloupe tilted its head and asked, "Is it delicious?"

Feng Shen chewed roughly and swallowed hard. "It's fragrant...it's quite fragrant..."

"Haha," muskmelon said cheerfully, "then eat it soon!"

"No need, one is enough!" Feng Shen hurriedly waved his hand, thought for a while and said, "I will adjust the stuffing next time... put less salt..."

"Is it salty? Why don't you drink more water..." Cantaloupe glanced at Feng Shen and saw a short tube in his hand. "Brother Feng, what are you holding? Show me."

"This one?" Feng Shen smiled and pulled the short tube away, and handed it to the muskmelon. "It's called a 'telescope'. You can use it to see things that are very far away. It is indispensable for marching and fighting!"

"Hearing what you said, I remembered," Xianggua said, "Those foreign devil officers back then also had this kind of thing... There was one tube, and there were two tubes...Brother Feng, this binoculars are very expensive, right? ? Where are you from?"

"Prince Su gave it to me. I need to patrol and set up a sentry for a while, so I can't do without it..." Seeing the muskmelon playing with it, Feng Shen hastily corrected it: "Hold it upside down, turn around and look at it."

"Oh", muskmelon complied, holding a binoculars and looking around. "Brother Feng, you can really see far away! I can see the facial expressions of those people below the city clearly!"

Feng Shen smiled without saying a word.The muskmelon turned around the female wall again, looking into the city excitedly.Looking at it, Xianggua suddenly rubbed his eyes and said, "Huh? My eyes are blurred?"

Feng Shen asked, "What?"

Xianggua said: "I saw a figure, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye."

"What a big fuss," Feng Shen said, "it would be a surprise if there were no people in such a big city!"

"But it's so dilapidated, it doesn't look like a place for people to live in..." Xianggua looked at the binoculars again, and shouted, "Hey! That man came out again!"

"Let me take a look." Feng Shen wanted to go back to the binoculars, but also looked around.

What muskmelon said was true.Although the place is in the city, it is far from the market place.Thick shade hangs down, broken walls collapse, like an abandoned temple.Under the corner of the old courtyard, crouched a man, half of his body was hidden behind the wall, looking a bit sneaky.

Feng Shen remained calm, called a city sentry and asked, "Where is that?"

The city sentry put on a blindfold and looked forward. "Go back to Feng for inspection, I know that place. I heard that it used to be a temple, but now it has been deserted for many years."

"Desolate temple?" Feng Shen asked again, "Are there people living around it?"

The city sentry said: "Who is there? There are rumors that the place is not very clean... Even beggars who have nowhere to go don't dare to 'hang their nests' there. I used to pass by there, far away I feel that there are several pairs of eyes hidden in the barley, staring at the back of the spine with chills..."

"Stop talking!" Xianggua complained, "Look at the goosebumps that scare me!"

Feng Shen thought about it and made up his mind. "That person's behavior is suspicious, I have to go and check it out... Cantaloupe, you should go back first!"

Xianggua said: "Brother Feng, I'm going too."

Feng Shen smiled and asked: "What? Are you not afraid now?"

"Anyway, with you here," Xianggua said, "I'm also wondering what that person is doing..."

"That's fine," Feng Shen said again, "but you'll have to settle down after a while. Even though it's not an investigation, don't take it lightly!"

After Feng Shen gave his orders, he went down the tower with Xianggua, picked up a few Xun Bian, and searched for the ruined temple.

Summer is long, and even though it is Youshi, there is no shortage of light.Everyone rushed all the way, and it didn't take long before they arrived at the place.

This ruined temple is really remote.On both sides of the road, there are full of cypresses and cypresses, and there is no way to distinguish the years.A corner of the mountain eaves is faintly exposed among the horizontal branches. If you don't see it from a high place, you will be hard to find such old traces.In the crumbling courtyard, wormwood is waist-high.Stinging gnats and wild sparrows chirping.

"Brother Feng", Xianggua looked left and right, "Has that man left? Why didn't you find him?"

"I don't know," Feng Shen said, "Look around!"

The Feng hall in the temple has collapsed, leaving only a broken plaque hanging precariously on the clam.The plaque was rotten like dead wood, and it was incomplete.The engraved handwriting is no longer legible.Seeing that they couldn't see anything, they went around the Wuji and looked behind.

As soon as I came to the back house, an ancient well came into view.The curb of the well was made of hewn stone, and a rusty cast iron turtle was pressed on it.

The iron tortoise was as big as a wheel, and the joint between the belly and the well fence was covered with a new layer of mortar.On the ground beside the well, trowels, pallets and other objects were still thrown.

Feng Shen stepped forward and wiped it between the railings. "This plaster is still wet and limp, it has just been applied!"

"Yeah," all the Xun soldiers also said, "Look at this, it's only half wiped, and the job is not finished yet."

Xianggua glanced at Feng Shen, and said, "Brother Feng, did the person you saw before do it? What is he going to do?"

"It's nothing more than trying to cover up something," Feng Shen said, "When that person found out we were coming, he hurriedly stopped and ran away, there must be something ulterior motives!"

"Then what should we do?" Xianggua said, "There are forests all around here, so I'm sure we won't be able to catch him..."

(End of this chapter)