Within a few words of Wei Yingdian's words, Mr. Ta's expression had changed several times, and his eyes were fixed on the young swordsman with a ghostly face and silver armor.
Naturally, Qi Jingzhi didn't have any means of urgent communication. If he was in Linzhou at this moment, he might still be able to rely on the face of the old Chenghuang and Master Meng and ask the Yinsi Riyou to deliver the message on his behalf. Although the ghosts and gods of the Chenghuang line did not care about human affairs, they This small favor should still be able to help.
Now that there is such a big commotion on the Xunjiang River, I am afraid that it has already attracted the attention of the local underworld. Maybe just by igniting the Yinsha blood flame, you can see a man in golden armor standing in the sky.
It's a pity that Qu'a Town is located in Junzhou, almost a thousand miles away from Linzhou, so this friendship may not be possible.
Qi Jingzhi pondered for a moment, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Mr. Ta beside him, who was worried about gains and losses. His heart was moved, and he nodded immediately and said: "What Brother Wei said is absolutely true! I will use the secret method to summon the Demon-Suppressing Captain of this county!"
After saying this, he turned over his left hand, and the silver evil candlestick immediately appeared in his palm.
"Wait!"
Seeing this, Mr. O suddenly took two steps forward, cupped his hands to Qi Jingzhi and said: "Since you two have made up your mind, let me pass it on to the county and city!"
It's the same as sending a letter. Who sends it and how the letter describes today's events are naturally very different. Seeing Qi Jingzhi's unwillingness to accommodate, the man who guards Qu'ahou Lake immediately changed his mind and wanted to take over the task of delivering the letter.
Qi Jingzhi felt relieved, but still pretended to be hesitant. After a moment, he nodded and said: "My secret method is really not to be used lightly... In this case, I don't want to bother you two masters, so please go quickly!"
Seeing the silver candlestick that suddenly appeared and suddenly disappeared in the young swordsman's palm, Mr. O's face softened, and he immediately nodded and said: "You two, wait a moment!"
After saying that, the lakekeeper immediately walked towards a wandering doctor, rummaged through the medicine box at his feet, and found a set of pen and ink prescription notes used when prescribing medicine.
After a short time, Mr. Da had written two sheets, carefully rolled them into rolls, tore two pieces of white cloth from the medicine box, and wrapped the two rolls of square paper respectively.
Then, the lake guard walked to an otter cave, reached out and pulled out the pheasant tail on the ground in front of the cave, and called into the cave: "Little Seventeen!" Z.br>
As he finished speaking, an otter with smooth fur crawled out, straightened its upper body and clung to the otter's knees.
Mr. Otter ignored it, re-inserted the pheasant's tail, turned around and picked up the smallest fish by the river, and stuffed a roll of square paper wrapped in white cloth into the belly of the fish.
"Little Seventeen" followed him step by step. When he saw this, he immediately stretched out his two claws, took the small fish over, opened his mouth and bit the fish's head.
"It's better to send it to the Jiang Shen Temple fifteen miles to the west and hand it over to the old temple for blessing. Hmm... stay away from the nearby fish and turtles on the way." Mr. O whispered.
"Xiao Qi" nodded, and immediately dived into the river with a splash.
Mr. Ta glanced into the river and then looked away. He turned around and faced the direction of Qu'ahou Lake in the southeast. He put his fingers in his mouth, raised his head and blew a whistle that resounded across the river.
Not long after, a swan goose with a white body and black wings flew over from that direction and landed on the shoulder of the lake guard.
Mr. Da tied the remaining roll of white cloth square paper to the swan goose's leg and gave the same order: "Send it to the main hall of the county governor's mansion."
The swan goose responded with a low cry, kicked on the lake guard's shoulder, spread its wings and flew into the sky.
This series of actions by Mr. Da were so miraculous that not only Qi Jingzhi and the two people who were watching closely could not take their eyes off him, but the villagers further away were silent, with a look of awe on their faces.
The busy doctors also slowed down their work, and even the moans of the injured were quietly lowered.
"What a great example of a fish passing down a rule and a wild goose writing a book! I have only seen Wei in books before, but it turns out they are all true!" Wei Yingdian suddenly spoke, his tone full of admiration.
Mr. Otter was relieved, turned to look at the two of them, shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Since I have become the housekeeper dog, I naturally have to bark louder, so that everyone who should hear it can hear it clearly and in time."
He walked to Qi Jingzhi and sat down, sighing: "Today, your Majesty, can you do it for the people of Qu'a?"
And those dozen fishermen drew their swords in anger, which actually made the old man admire him very much! It's just that things in this world often affect the whole body. If you cut it with this knife, you don't know how many people's abacus and jobs will be destroyed! "
"Hmph, it's okay to smash it!"
Wei Yingdian brought the rice wine and roasted chicken he had ordered from the side. Seeing that there were no suitable stones, he simply sat on the ground: "The people on the shore have no livelihood, and the lives of the fishermen on the boat are at stake. Why can those people with corpses and vegetarian meals still sit in beautiful houses? Beautiful clothes and fine food?"
"If Brother Qi Xian hadn't drawn his sword in anger today, who would have thought that there was a huge hidden danger hidden under the river? Once a fight breaks out in the future, it won't just be their abacus and jobs that will be ruined! If it were up to me, these people would be It’s time to come and kowtow in front of my virtuous brother to thank you!”
Mr. Ota hesitated when he heard the words, and immediately fell silent. If one really wanted to kowtow and express gratitude, he, the man who guards the lake, would not say he would be the first, but he would certainly be at the forefront.
Qi Jingzhi waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "It's just a mistake. It's the first time I've done something like this. I didn't think carefully and prepare thoroughly beforehand, and I didn't feel indignant during the incident. I made a mistake for a moment. Now that I think about it, it was a bit reckless. ..."
"Why, my dear brother regrets it?" Wei Yingdian looked at Qi Jingzhi in surprise.
The young swordsman immediately shook his head and said word by word: "Knowing and doing are one, and I have no shame in admiring you. Why should Qi Jingzhi regret it?"
"Come on, Siyan! When a man stands up in heaven and earth, the most important thing is to be worthy of his honor!"
When Wei Yingdian heard this, he couldn't help laughing. He immediately poured a bowl of rice wine into his hand and drank it all in one gulp.
The wine dripped down and immediately soaked a large area of clothes.
Mr. Ota heard and saw from the side. Even though he was full of thoughts, he was still touched by his pride, and his face could not help but be slightly moved.
Qi Jingzhi chuckled lightly, then a thought suddenly occurred in his mind, and he immediately praised him: "My brother is naturally heroic, which is really enviable. If you are willing to practice, you will definitely achieve a lot."
Wei Yingdian was startled, but he shook his head: "My family is from a poor family. When I was young, I only had the option of studying and becoming an official. Later I joined the Ministry of Rites and became a doctor and a minor official. I couldn't bear the strict rules and had no backing. Knowing that there was no hope of promotion, he simply resigned and returned to his hometown."
"In the past few years, I did have some opportunities to practice, but I had to sell my life to help those aristocratic families, add firewood to the fire, and serve as a dog guard. Brother Yu didn't take it! Even the two techniques of your Demon Suppressing Academy. I’ve seen it, but with my temperament, how can I be a fisherman or a farmer? Not to mention that I am already in my thirties, and I am not even qualified to add firewood and make a dog!"
Qi Jingzhi nodded, chuckled and said: "I have a residual sutra, which I got by chance. It is said that it cannot be practiced without the permission of the original owner. However, I have not seen its owner, but he has achieved some success in practicing this method, and I have not yet achieved it. Someone is looking for me to accuse you."
"Originally, this incomplete sutra was not even complete at the first level. I made up some of it by chance. Now it has reached the second level. I dare not say that it is ingenious or unique, but I am undoubtedly trying to find a new path. .”
The young man paused, and when he spoke again, his tone was still calm, but shocking: "This technique has hidden dangers and no future, but it is quite consistent with your temperament. I wonder if I would like to learn it?"
Hearing this, Wei Yingdian was stunned. The bowl of wine he had just poured stopped at his mouth, and he forgot to drink it for a moment. Even Mr. Ta beside him had his eyes wide open and was inexplicably surprised.
After a moment, Wei Yingdian suddenly came back to his senses and said solemnly: "My dear brother, you want to cultivate the wings of power, or even... establish a sect?"
Qi Jingzhi immediately shook his head: "I don't want to be a dog for others, so how can I use the exercises as a rope to bind my brother? I just think that we can be Taoist friends and strengthen each other on the road. I practice day by day. Qian, although I have received many blessings from the forerunners along the way, in the end I am just groping randomly and walking alone. The road ahead is long, how can I be without friends?"
Wei Yingdian thought for a while, then pointed to the golden-eyed water worm lying on the ground on the other side and asked: "If I learn the skills of the wise brother, can I overcome this evil obstacle? If not, if I encounter similar things in the future, With my temper, wouldn’t it be hard to end well?”
Qi Jingzhi pondered for a moment after hearing the words, and said truthfully: "To be honest, I was ambushed by this evil dragon driver at the bottom of the river. If not for another unexpected encounter, I may not have been able to return to the shore alive.
Even if we don't take into account the evil spirits at the bottom of the river, this evil barrier still has the cultivation level of the second level Dianxia, and has absorbed some of the evil spirits into its body. It has strong muscles and bones, and endless strange power. Even if Brother Wei learns my skills, without a sharp weapon in hand and some luck, it is still unclear who will knock whom down. "
"Then there's a chance!"
After Wei Yingdian heard this, he laughed and said, "In this case, if the original owner of the broken scripture comes to ask for his guilt in the future, the foolish brother should share the blame with the wise brother!"
After saying that, he stood up and bowed to Qi Jingzhi: "As the saying goes, those who are successful come first, Wei Yingdian has met Taoist brother!"
Qi Jingzhi immediately stood up and returned the salute with clasped fists.
The two sat down again, and the atmosphere was different from before.
In just a few words, Qi Jingzhi and Wei Yingdian decided on such a big deal. They gave away extremely suitable and extremely precious exercises at the drop of a hat. They also gave away random scriptures with unknown origins. It was clear that one wanted to pull the other to test the exercises. , taking the back for someone else, but the other one didn't care at all, he only cared about knocking others down, and the people guarding the lake couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
As soon as the appointment was made, Qi Jingzhi put the matter behind him for the time being and asked instead: "Have you heard of the Yamen of Da Qi Gouchen Yuan, and do you know who Pang Mei is?"
Hearing his question, Mr. O regained his composure, shook his head and said doubtfully, "Slaying dragons and suppressing evil spirits is supposed to be the job of the Demon Suppressing Academy. I have never heard of Gouchen Academy."
Wei Yingdian was thinking hard, and after a moment he hesitated and said: "The six stars of the hook are the transformation of the six palaces and the emperor's concubine. Therefore, "Le Wei" contains "the master of the harem". But according to what the wise brother said, this is clearly a yamen that has military power, establishes a capital, and is responsible for killing. It is also related to the harem...could it be the personal army of the king used by the previous king to protect the palace? "
He patted his head, then shook his head and said: "It's really strange! The Ministry of Rites has collected the laws and regulations of the Qi Dynasty, including the government system. I have read it once or twice, but I have never seen this name, at least going back to In the past three to five hundred years, during the reign of the three kings, including the present emperor, there was no such arrangement."
"Going further... I haven't done much research, but I don't know much about it. If this yamen really existed, I'm afraid it's been quite a long time ago. That Pang Dutong... is probably an ancient man from I don't know how many years ago."
Seeing that neither of them had heard of the yamen of Gouchen Yuan or Dutong Pangmei, Qi Jingzhi nodded and asked again: "Mr. La, you have been fishing by the river for a long time, have you ever seen a black-haired fish?" A monster with big arms, red eyes and big ears?”
Hearing this, Mr. Otter frowned and thought: "The boatmen and fishermen who go on the river often mention that there is often a black-haired paw in the water nearby reaching out to the boat to beg for food, but no one has seen its full appearance. I'm sorry Due to my status, I have never been on the river. I just heard about it and thought it was a water ghost. Because that black-haired claw never hurt anyone, I just thought that the servant of the god suppressed it well, so I respected him. When he wanted to go into the river to pursue him, I used this as an excuse to persuade him."
"That's it." Qi Jingzhi nodded slightly and looked at Wei Yingdian again.
Wei Yingdian saw it and said with some hesitation: "Listen to my dear brother...ah! I heard what Brother Tao said, this thing looks a bit like a demon elephant. If Brother Tao saw it near the Zhensha Monument, it would be even more inseparable. Already."
Qi Jingzhi's heart moved when he heard this, and he couldn't help asking: "Why is this?"
Wei Yingdian immediately became more energetic: "I feel ashamed to say that I only know about the beasts and elephants because of the errands of the Ministry of Rites."
"The so-called demon elephant is a strange creature that often appears in mausoleums. It is as tall as a three-year-old child, with red eyes, black color, big ears, long arms, and red claws. It is said to be a monster of wood and stone. It is also said that this monster is the most evil. , not only eats people, but also likes to eat the livers and brains of dead people!”
"Fortunately, the monster is not difficult to deal with. This monster is most afraid of pines, cypresses and tigers. Therefore, when the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works repair the tomb of the late king every year, they must check whether there are any defects in the pines and cypresses in the tomb, and whether the stone tigers at the intersection of the shrine are damaged. Damage, although this piece of wood and stone is inconspicuous, it is not careless at all!"
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but nod in admiration: "Brother Wei is indeed very knowledgeable! The black-haired long-armed monster I met was guarding near the Suppression Monument."
"This will make it right!"
Wei Yingdian, the former doctor of the Ministry of Rites, had a slightly proud look on his face, stroking his palms and saying:
"After all, the evil-suppressing stele can be regarded as the tomb of a dragon, and the so-called evil spirits are not much different from the corpse energy. Based on my guess, the elephant that Daoist brother encountered should have been killed by this beast. The golden-eyed water bug was surrendered and used as a dog guarding the monument."
"Brother Taoist, just think about it, although the Jiaoxiang monster is harmful to the tomb owner, but with it guarding nearby, the other water ghosts and river ghosts will not dare to come. Wouldn't it be easier for the evil obstacles to monopolize the Jiaosha?"
As he spoke, he looked at Mr. Ta again: "It's no wonder that Mr. Ta said that the evil barrier is very effective in controlling water ghosts. If there are monsters and elephants here, those ghosts will naturally hide as far away as possible. As for the monsters and elephants themselves, there are dragons and demons that can control them." If you share your wealth, you will naturally not worry about eating people."
Speaking of this, Wei Yingdian seemed to suddenly remember something, and his expression became strange: "Although I don't eat the living or the dead anymore, if I encounter something new, such as... fried broad beans, I might be able to eat it." Want a change of flavor?”
