The old village chief's loud voice interrupted Jiang Qi's thoughts.
Jiang Qi glanced at Xiao Mei and said nothing, but Xiao Mei understood the meaning and nodded, saying, "I heard you right. Jiang Bing was talking about the tomb of Master Xihua, not the temple!"
"Could it be that the second blind man heard it wrong?"
The old village chief said again at this time.
Xiao Mei stopped talking. Thinking about it carefully, this possibility is not impossible.
"I'll confirm it right away"
As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone and dialed the number.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Mei came back with a frown.
"Jiang Bing has already asked the second blind man. He promised that he heard correctly. It is the tomb of Master Xihua."
Xiao Mei's answer made Jiang Qi frown.
"What's wrong?"
"Of course not. There is no way there is Cheng Xuanying's tomb in Jiangyin."
Jiang Qi said with certainty.
He remembered clearly that Cheng Xuanying was demoted to Yuntai Mountain in his later years for participating in a rebellion, thousands of miles away from here.
Even if you want to find Cheng Xuanying's tomb, you should go to Yuntai Mountain. How could someone foolishly travel thousands of miles to come here?
After Jiang Qiyi's explanation, Xiao Mei was completely confused.
It can't be that those people are just idiots who don't distinguish between four and six, right?
"This thing is really getting more and more interesting."
Jiang Qi touched his chin and murmured to himself.
Because he didn't know much about Cheng Xuanying, Jiang Qi's guesses were very limited.
But if you think about it carefully, this matter itself is unusual.
Jiang Qi didn't think those people were looking for the wrong place.
In this way, those people behind the two blind men are not necessarily looking for a tomb, but they may be looking for something related to Master Xihua.
Jiang Qi felt that he had grasped the key point, so he continued: "Old village chief, I remember you just said that this Master Xihua Temple was built eighty years ago, right?"
"good!"
The old village chief nodded repeatedly.
"Didn't I say before that there were living sacrifices in Jiangyin eighty years ago? The temple of Master Xihua was built after that."
Jiang Qi was not surprised.
In fact, when Jiang Qi heard that the Xihua Master Temple was also built eighty years ago, Jiang Qi vaguely guessed that there was some connection between the two.
"Do you remember the specific situation?"
"of course I remember."
The old village chief had a look of reminiscence in his eyes.
"I had just turned five years old at that time. Although there was still war, Jiangyin was a place that relied on water, so life was pretty manageable."
"It wasn't until one day that an undercurrent appeared on the Qianlong River, and fishing boats kept being sucked in, that people started to get nervous."
"Later, a wandering Taoist priest came to our place and said that the undercurrent on the Qianlong River was caused by the anger of the river god. If we want to appease the anger of the river god, we need sacrifices..."
When the old village chief said this, he suddenly felt a chill rising from his tailbone and going straight to his forehead. He turned around and saw Xiao Meizheng looking angrily. He avoided it at the moment, skipped the unimportant plot, and continued. .
"I was present at the time and saw with my own eyes a huge figure emerging from the Qianlong River. It was a black dragon."
"It was also after that that Qianlongjiang returned to its former glory, and later the Master Xihua Temple was built on the advice of that Taoist."
"It is said to be to suppress the river god!"
Xiao Mei listened to the whole story and started complaining to herself before Jiang Qi could speak.
"Is that Taoist sick? If you want to suppress the river god, why do you need to sacrifice him alive?"
Jiang Qi did not answer, but said to the old village chief: "Old village chief, let's go to the temple again. Is it convenient for you?"
"Convenient, what's the inconvenience of this!"
The old village chief agreed and then left the room. Jiang Qi stopped and said to Xiao Mei, who was following behind: "Officer Xiao, if you have nothing to do, how about staying here with Xiaobao?"
Xiao Mei suddenly turned pale when she heard this, and looked at Jiang Qifa with an unkind look.
Are you laughing at her for being timid now?
Seeing the tense situation between the two, the old village chief tried to smooth things over, "Haha, Xiaobao is very good and doesn't need anyone to accompany him."
Jiang Qi didn't speak, but stared straight at Xiao Mei.
Xiao Mei was furious at first, but when she saw Jiang Qi's meaningful eyes, she quickly understood.
"I understand, I will stay here with Xiaobao."
"How can a child do it alone without an adult accompanying him?"
Hearing this, Jiang Qi smiled slightly, knowing that Xiao Mei had understood his intention.
Of course, staying with Xiaobao here is an excuse. The purpose is to keep an eye on this place to see if I can find any other clues.
Xiao Mei has done a lot of this kind of thing before, so she naturally knows the process well.
It’s that kid Xiaobao...
After looking at the room, Xiao Mei shuddered and she didn't want to go in again.
…
Jiang Qi left with peace of mind after explaining Xiao Mei.
After returning to Master Xihua Temple, Jiang Qi started wandering around again, but compared to the last time when he just wandered around casually, this time he was obviously more serious.
Not only did they inspect every inch of the temple's foundations, but they also inspected the walls, roofs, eaves and even the statues. Just as the old village chief said, this temple was recently built and the contents inside were of no value.
At least, Jiang Qi searched all the places where he thought something might be hidden or something fishy, but found nothing.
"It's so weird!"
Jiang Qi squatted on the ground a little depressed, taking advantage of the rest to change his mind.
"Could it be that I thought wrong before?"
Jiang Qi said to himself.
After bringing him to Master Xihua Temple, the old village chief left.
And according to his instructions, no one will come in this temple for the time being.
Looking up at the mural on the wall, Jiang Qi fell into deep thought.
He had noticed the mural on the wall before. It was about the life of Cheng Xuanying, and the section of the mural in front of him happened to be the content of his sacrifice at the seaside.
Huang'an altar was built high, with thirty-six square cloud flags fluttering, six pairs of attendants stood on both sides of the Taoist, and in the Taoist's arms were two crying children.
But why is this wall still uneven?
Jiang Qi looked at the bulge in the corner of the mural and couldn't help but frown. He subconsciously reached out and touched it, and a white light suddenly exploded in front of his eyes.
Jiang Qi only felt that the scene in front of him gradually became illusory, and the Taoist in the mural became a real person, and the picture unfolded.
"Report, Imperial Master!"
"His Majesty failed in his expedition to Goguryeo, and now he is about to return south. He has urgently ordered his Imperial Majesty to clear away the monsters in the East China Sea and clarify the route within ten days."
Cheng Xuanying, who was still in his prime, was silent for a long time when he heard the soldiers' words. After the soldiers retreated, he saw a group of Taoist priests filing in from outside, all with sad faces.
"Your Majesty's expedition failed. Many soldiers from the country and dynasty will return from the East China Sea by boat. But now, there are monsters causing trouble in the East China Sea."
"But with our methods, I won't be able to stop that beast in ten days or even a year, let alone ten days."
"National Master, what should I do now?"
The Taoist priests gathered around Cheng Xuanying to complain.
"The only solution now is to offer a living sacrifice."
(End of chapter)
