Qi Jing held the golden-eye water worm in one hand and held the witch goddess in the other. He kept kicking hard with his feet. After a while, he finally broke through the river and saw the sky again.
At this moment, both sides of the Xunjiang River were already crowded with people, and there were still people coming in an endless stream from afar. When they saw Qi Jingzhi and the others stepping out of the water, the crowd immediately became excited and noisy.
However, as the young swordsman stepped onto the river bank step by step, many people saw clearly his green ghost mask and the golden-eyed water worm with a shriveled body and weak breath in his hand.
The shouts and discussions gradually weakened, and finally fell into silence.
The Goddess stumbled out for two steps, then suddenly fell to the ground as if she had no bones, spitting out turbid river water from her mouth.
Not far in front of her, a dozen injured people were lying on the river beach. Several doctors were busy around these people, applying medicine, bandaging, and splinting. The plywood looks extremely busy.
Among these doctors were serious doctors and wandering doctors selling medicines. Obviously, all those who could see doctors and treat injuries in Qu'a Town were called here.
Qi Jingzhi looked around and saw that although the people gathered around the shore were silent, they had different expressions on their faces.
Most of them didn't dare to look at the young swordsman with a silver-armored ghost face, so they turned their attention to the golden-eyed water worm.
In the weird silence, some people looked resentful, some looked happy, some felt fear and even sneaked into the crowd behind them, and more people were curious and excited, stretching their necks and moving forward with their feet. Head squeeze.
The hundreds of gazes gathered together seemed to become extremely heavy. Even though he had a ferocious and surly temperament, he actually felt a little uncomfortable. He twisted his body slightly and closed his strange golden eyes.
Qi Jing stepped forward a few steps, released his right hand, and let the golden-eyed water worm fall to the ground, lying side by side with a boatman with blood on his head.
Seeing this scene, someone in the crowd who had been quiet for a long time suddenly shouted: "Well done!"
After the words fell, the audience was quiet for a moment, and suddenly there was a roar and thunderous cheers.
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help being surprised, and immediately saluted the crowd with clasped fists, which immediately aroused a wave of applause from near to far, and it took a long time to stop.
Wei Yingdian and Mr. La came up quickly, the former in high spirits and the latter with a worried look on his face.
Wei Yingdian held a bowl of rice wine in his hand and laughed loudly as he walked: "Well done, brother! These water gods have been domineering for a long time. They are the ones who cause the most problems to the Ministry of Rites every year. But there are not many big water houses." Those who have not exceeded the rules, but now they dare to bully the people wantonly, they should have learned a lesson long ago!"
As he spoke, he handed the wine bowl to Qi Jingzhi with both hands: "I just didn't have time to celebrate my good brother's victory, so now I will congratulate my good brother on his triumphant return with this bowl of Qu'ahuang wine!"
Qi Jingzhi also took it with both hands, put the wine bowl to his mouth and drank it all in one gulp. The green ghost mask on his face was completely unobstructed, which made Wei Yingdian click his tongue in surprise.
Mr. Otter on the side first bent down and looked at the golden-eyed water worm, and saw that although it looked miserable, it was still not dead for a while, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
He straightened up and said half-rejoicing and half-regretfully: "Finally, your Majesty acted with discretion. There is still room for redemption in this matter."
"Brother Wei, wait a moment, wait until this matter is settled, and then have a drink with me!"
Qi Jingzhi handed the wine bowl back to Wei Yingdian and said with a smile to Mr. O: "You are too young to be respectful, Mr. O should just call me Qi Jingzhi. At present, there are injured people on both sides. It is really inconvenient to go to the county to report to the officials. The county I'm afraid I can't make the decision. I also need to trouble Duke Da to try to inform the county governor, the Demon-Suppressing Captain and the Xunjiang Water God, so that these adults can come here to discuss a charter."
"Qi will sit here and wait today. I will bear the consequences if I respond. I will not just slap my butt and run away, causing the people of Qu'a Town to suffer for nothing."
After saying that, he went to find a square stone and sat down on his own.
"Brother Xian, what are you talking about?"
Wei Yingdian stamped his feet and immediately followed him: "Xunyang County is the birthplace of Brother Fool. My dear brother has stood up for the elders in our village. How can I let you shoulder the responsibility for the aftermath? Again, if Jiang Shen punishes me, Brother Yu is willing to share the burden with you!"
Mr. Otter also follows
He walked over, shook his head and said, "I'm afraid those adults won't come! I have said before that the position of Lake God of Houhu Lake in Qujiang is a chess piece arranged by the imperial court in the Xunjiang system."
He said, looking at the golden-eyed water worm on the ground aside: "It and Lao Chan, the lake guard, are naturally the chess pieces of the River God and the Lake God. Now that our chess pieces are not damaged, and our faces are not really torn, this matter can't be ignored. If there is such a big fuss, how can the chess player behind it end up personally?"
Qi Jingzhi was startled when he heard this, pointed at the golden-eyed water worm and asked, "Is this also called undamaged?"
He pointed to the injured again: "Isn't this considered a big deal?"
Mr. Ou nodded matter-of-factly: "The reason why the chess piece is a chess piece is just because it is on the chessboard and is standing where the chess player originally placed the piece. The chess piece is still on the chessboard and a piece of territory has not been lost, so naturally it has not been lost."
"It is easy to break this tacit understanding between Jiang and one county, but it is difficult to repair it. Those adults will either come together or none of them will come. At least until the situation becomes clear, I am afraid that no one will because of the old man's rumor I came here without any hesitation."
Mr. Ota also pointed to the injured: "Now we have only injured so many people, and they are not dead. It is not a big deal in any case..."
Wei Yingdian, who was on the side after all, had been a Beijing official and had extensive knowledge. He understood what Duke Lao meant as soon as he heard it. However, he looked at the other party with suspicion, and immediately interrupted: "What a situation. Until it becomes clear! Lord Otter is not trying to trick my brother into giving that evil obstacle to..."
Wei Yingdian made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Wouldn't the chess piece of Xunjiang Water God be damaged in this way? If the matter becomes serious, won't it become clear? Of course, those adults can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, they must rush here in a hurry Already!"
"What are you talking about? Is this old man such a villain with ulterior motives?"
Hearing this, Duke Ta couldn't help but get angry: "If Brother Qi accidentally killed this servant of God out of righteous indignation, either on the boat or at the bottom of the river, it would be more or less excusable. Wei Shang can turn things around on your behalf. Now if we take action again, we will be unreasonable! Are you really not afraid of the wrath of the River God and a flood that will cause hundreds of miles of erosion?"
"But don't think that old talk is alarmist. It has only been in the past one or two hundred years that the two sides of the Xunjiang River have truly stabilized! The current River God is a rare good-tempered person, but no matter how good-tempered he is, he is still the God of the River, and was personally ennobled by the king. The Lord of Xunjiang and the Divine Marquis of Fang!"
As Mr. Da said, he actually glanced at Qi Jingzhi with some concern, with a warning and admonishment in his tone: "Compared to a real quarrel, now I just injured a servant of the god and a dozen others on the river. Ordinary people just trying to make ends meet really mean nothing!"
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but be silent after hearing this.
Although there was a coldness that penetrated the bone marrow in Mr. Da's words, it made sense when he thought about it carefully. No matter what those big shots are thinking about is their own official positions or the life and death of more people in their jurisdiction, I am afraid they will not act rashly and cause misunderstandings on the other side. Instead, they will restrain the fight between them at the bottom and maintain a fight. It is safest to not break it.
"Out of righteous indignation...a momentary mistake? If I encounter someone who wants to die in the future, I will know what to do!"
Qi Jingzhi nodded towards Mr. La, and saw the old man looking at him with his mouth open, his face filled with an expression that was hard to explain.
Qi Jingzhi didn't wait for the other party to speak, but suddenly changed the topic: "Mr. O, what if there was a chess piece that acted selfishly, cheated the master, and almost overturned the chessboard? Can these chess players still sit still?"
As he spoke, he pointed toward the river: "There is a stele of killing dragons and suppressing evil hidden at the bottom of the river. It was erected by Pang Mei, the governor of Gouchen Academy in Daqi. For some reason, the inscription was damaged and the evil spirits were scattered. It happened to be blocked by this evil. After discovering and occupying it, it doesn’t allow people to fish nearby, but it’s not necessarily for the sake of its roe and grandchildren, but because it wants to cover up its traces and monopolize its profits!”
As for what Qi Jingzhi said about "acting out of selfish motives and bullying one's superiors", Mr. O was a little disapproving at first. He only said that what he was talking about was the rule prohibiting fishing. When he heard "Beheading the Jiao Zhen Sha Monument", his face suddenly became bright. Change, in the end his face was as sinking as water.
He immediately said in a deep voice: "If Brother Qi's words are true, it should be the opening of the lake that changed the terrain of the surrounding water veins, which caused the flaw in the Suppression Monument. Once it is handled slightly improperly, it will cause trouble. become
A natural disaster turned the rivers and lakes into monsters! "
When he said this, Mr. Otter suddenly turned his head to look at the golden-eyed water worm, with a bit of stern look in his eyes. The Xunjiang River and Qu'ahou Lake are already connected, and they are so close to each other. He is responsible for guarding the lake. How can the eggs be intact when the nest is overturned?
Qi Jingzhi stood aside and carefully observed the changes in Mr. O's face. He saw that his expression did not seem to be fake, and indeed did not look like he had known about it for a long time.
This made Qi Jingzhi feel a little relieved, but he still did not rush to tell the lake guard that the evil dragon had been eliminated. Instead, he shook his head: "If it is true as Lord O said, it may not be a natural disaster, but it may be a man-made disaster!"
"Huh? Man-made disaster!"
Hearing the word "man-made disaster", Mr. Ta's face became even more livid, and he obviously thought of a more terrifying possibility, that is, when the site for opening the lake was originally selected, someone harbored evil intentions and deliberately concealed the existence of the evil-suppressing monument. The relevant insiders were kept silent, and using the noise of opening the lake as a cover, they moved their hands and feet on the water veins and quietly released the dragon evil spirit.
The lake guard immediately shook his head firmly and said harshly: "This is absolutely impossible! There are so many people watching such a big thing as opening up the lake, and trying to do something without being discovered is as difficult as climbing to the sky! It must be! Because this evil-suppressing monument is so old that no one remembers it, so something went wrong..."
Mr. Da suddenly paused and his face became extremely ugly. Even if the matter was true as he said and no one was behind the trouble, once the matter became serious and spread to the ears of the king, he would personally inspect the terrain and petition for the opening of the lake. The former county governor and future lake god will inevitably be guilty of oversight!
Although no trouble has yet occurred, the Lake God is in the forefront, and impeachment and criticism are inevitable in the court!
This change in Mr. O's mood was not something Qi Jingzhi could understand in a hurry.
He just said that this incident was a man-made disaster, but in fact it was not as far-reaching as the other party thought.
He just felt that the two most critical words on the Suppressing Evil Monument had obviously been deliberately damaged. The word "Pang" was on the dot of Longting, and the word "Mei" was on the forehead. Compared with other places, there were obvious wear and tear. It's definitely not a coincidence.
As for who did it, maybe it was the golden-eyed water worm that stole the evil spirit, or maybe there was someone else, but in short, he definitely didn't have any good intentions.
Fortunately, there were not many dragons left, and they were eaten and monopolized by the golden-eyed water bugs, so they did not cause any trouble. The Xunjiang Water God sent this evil obstacle to guard the mouth of the lake, which can be regarded as making the best use of it.
From this point of view alone, although Jin Jing Shui Xiao may not have the intention to protect the people, he has fulfilled his duty of guarding invisibly.
Just by looking at the way the snake bites its host out of desperation, we can see how serious the hidden dangers of the "dutiful" golden-eyed water dragon are. Without the small bronze mirror to plow the courtyard and sweep the holes, Xunjiang would have had troubles in the future.
Thinking of this, Qi Jingzhi shook his head and said: "There is no way of knowing what is going on in this matter in such a hurry, but after all, it is of great importance. Mr. O might as well send the message first, and then wait for the masters to come, and then we will discuss it, so that this will happen." The two things of concealing evil and not avenging it, and showing off and hurting others should be dealt with together."
Hearing this, Mr. Ta immediately shook his head and lowered his voice: "I think it's better not to publicize this matter. In my opinion, since this evil monument is at the bottom of the Xunjiang River, we can't control it too much. Kuan, just inform the Xunjiang Water God privately..."
Qi Jingzhi was immediately startled. Previously, it could be said that there was a tacit understanding among the top management and they tried to avoid conflicts. Even if they sent a message, they would not come. But now that he has told part of the inside story, the man guarding the lake knows that the issue of Jiaosha's escape is very important, but he is still unwilling. Signaling?
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but feel suspicious, and immediately turned to look at Wei Yingdian: "Brother Wei, how do you think this matter should be handled properly?"
Wei Yingdian listened quietly for a long time. He had heard and seen fights in the court, and at this time he understood better than Qi Jingzhi.
He glanced at Mr. Da, who had a very bad look on his face, and couldn't help but sigh. How could the lake guard in front of him still look like the otherworldly master he had before?
Laughter, white hair is still tangled with sharp locks, happy in the world of mortals but not a fishing coop!
This lakekeeper has long had white hair, but he is still tightly bound by fame and fortune. He seems to be living happily and happily fishing by the river every day, eating rice wine and white chickens.
You live a tight life, but you are not exposed to the worldly world at all, even more than ordinary people!
After pondering for a while, this former doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who had an open-minded and free-spirited temperament and resigned in his prime and returned to his hometown, sighed softly and said with a rare solemn look: "This is a big matter, involving the life and death of countless people. How can I use it selfishly?" , good at being arbitrary? Mr. O said that he wanted to inform Jiang Shen, which is certainly a good thing, but please act quickly!"
He paused and then looked at Qi Jingzhi: "Since my dear brother is from the Linzhou Demon Suppressing Academy, and he is out on business this time, I think there must be an emergency communication method, please use it immediately, please ask Xunyang County Demon Suppressing Academy The captain is coming quickly!"
"As for the governor of this county, he may not be willing to wade into the muddy waters of his predecessor. It doesn't matter whether he comes or not!"
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