"Indulge in enjoyment! Waste your time!"
He Dingshan couldn't help it anymore, so he took out his trump card, "I have made great progress in practicing "The Secret of the Black Turtle's True Spirit of Controlling Water" recently. When I have time, I will go and compete in Lushui!"
Yue Honghai blinked, waved his hand, and took out another small porcelain bottle, "Mrs. Liu often makes elixirs to make medicines, but the Lord couldn't finish them all, so he gave me the rest."
As soon as the Qi moved, the cork of the porcelain bottle lifted slightly, revealing a crack and releasing a faint medicinal fragrance.
Even if it was just a trace, the drowsy tea stall owner not far away felt light and bright.
Of course, He Dingshan was aware of the quality of this bottle of elixir for improving cultivation.
He Dingshan, "..."
It was clear that you were the big villain who attacked Lu Zheng and Lushui River God back then, okay? ?
Yue Honghai and He Dingshan bickered for most of the day. It was not until Shen Shizhong that Mrs. Li took Zhu Yushan and his wife out of the Renxin Hall. Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan, his daughter, and Du Yueyao went out to see each other off.
"We're leaving, there's no need to see each other off."
"See you in the middle of the year."
"If there is something urgent, you can come to Shuifu at any time."
"Okay, it's the same here."
The two parties cupped their hands and said goodbye, and then Mrs. Li used a trick to hide the figures of several people from the eyes of the people, and then walked towards the west gate of Tonglin County with a few steps, seemingly slowly but really quickly.
…
"It turns out that the government already knew the news before the flood occurred," Lu Zheng said.
Liu Qingyan nodded, "That's right."
At this moment, the two of them saw the county police chief Liu leading a group of people hurriedly coming out of the county government office in the north and heading to the east of the city.
"Master Lu!" Liu Captou's eyes lit up.
Lu Zheng shrugged towards Liu Qingyan, "It seems that he has come to work."
Liu Qingyan smiled and said nothing.
At this moment, a figure came from the east street.
"Junior brother, are you here?"
"Senior brother?"
Lu Zheng looked at Yuan Jing, who was walking quickly, and then looked at Liu Captou.
"I received a message from the county government, so I came here." Yuan Jing said.
As mentioned before, when something goes wrong in the county, there are usually two options. One is to report it to the town's foreign affairs department, and the other is to cooperate with local foreigners.
The process of reporting to the Foreign Affairs Department is relatively slow and futile, and if the impact is not big, there is no telling when someone will come.
Cooperating with local sects or strangers is convenient and fast. The government can solve the case early and earn reputation. The strangers also get names, and people will come to them when they have trouble in the future.
Therefore, unless it is a major case or a case sent by the higher authorities that needs to be investigated, Tonglin County usually encounters foreign objects causing trouble, and will always go to the nearby Baiyunguan to take action.
Lu Zheng is an outsider of Baiyun Temple, so sometimes when Mr. Liu meets Lu Zheng, he goes directly to him.
Of course, under normal circumstances, you still have to go to Baiyun Temple to deliver your greeting card.
Hearing Yuan Jing's words, Lu Zheng nodded and asked Mr. Liu, "What happened?"
"Just in the past five days, there have been disappearances in three villages." Liu Captou said.
Lu Zheng blinked, "Are you sure it was all done by the same person?"
Liu Captou nodded and said, "They are all along the Yingshui River, and they all have evil auras, and the strange talismans all react."
Lu Zheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes, "All along the Yingshui River?"
Liu Captou nodded, "So I suspect it is a fish demon that has just become a spirit, just like the eel that became a spirit last time."
What Liu Captou was talking about was that the last time Lu Zheng accompanied Ning Zhiqi to take office, he happened to encounter a case where a rice eel became a spirit and harmed the people.
Of course he didn't know about the flood.
Liu Captou didn't know about this, but Lu Zheng knew about it, and Lu Zheng estimated that Yuan Jing also knew about it. After all, Taoist Master Ming Zhang was now different from what he used to be, and he knew more things.
Lu Zheng looked at Yuan Jing, who nodded and said, "It may not be a monster that has just become a spirit."
"I'll go with you." Lu Zheng said.
Hearing this, Yuan Jing smiled and said, "If junior brother takes action, then I will be relieved."
Liu Captou smiled apologetically on the side, "If you two take action, the fish demon that has just become a spirit will surely become a delicacy on the table!"
Lu Zheng turned to Liu Qingyan and said, "Then I'll come as soon as I can."
"Will Mr. Lu go home for dinner tonight?" Liu Qingyan asked.
"Go back!" Lu Zheng nodded, "Maybe we can bring some game back."
Next to him, Mr. Liu shook his head and was speechless, while Du Yueyao laughed uncontrollably.
"Let's go!" Lu Zheng said.
Then, headed by Capt. Liu, a group of agents surrounded Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing and headed out of the city towards the Yingshui River.
While marching, Lu Zheng couldn't help but sigh, "That monster is so courageous. He dared to cause trouble in the Yingshui River."
The Yingshui River is located in the southeast of Tonglin County. It is formed by the convergence of several streams in the southeastern mountains, and then stretches all the way to the southwest and merges into the Lushui River. Therefore, the Yingshui River is regarded as a tributary of the Lushui River.
A very inconspicuous tributary.
Of course, the focus is not here. The focus is on the location of Yingshui River, right between Shaotong Mountain and Taohuaping.
What a great place to pick!
If he had been a little further north or a little further south, Capt. Liu might not have discovered him first.
…
Everyone walked quickly and soon arrived at Li Village along the Yingshui River, where the last disappearance occurred.
"The Duanya Village where the first case occurred is upstream of the river, and the Litian Village where the second case occurred is further downstream near Lushui." Liu Captou introduced, "The Li Village on the riverside is on the Yingshui River. Near the middle reaches.”
Lu Zheng nodded and came to the edge of the river with Yuan Jing.
Yuan Jing performed a Qi Observation Technique, but found no clues.
"The breath is gone." Yuan Jing said.
Lu Zheng's spiritual consciousness probed out and activated the "Secrets of the Black Turtle's True Spirit to Control Water" and sensed it up and down the Yingshui River, but he did not sense the presence of foreign objects.
"Already gone." Lu Zheng said.
This is different from the eel spirit last time. Last time, the eel had really just become a spirit. It actually killed three people in the same village and was still hiding at the bottom of the river not far from the village. It was completely out of control. Lu Zheng gave away his head.
Liu Captou blinked, "Then did this foreign object go upstream or downstream?"
"Upstream!" Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing said in unison.
"Why?" Liu Captou looked confused.
"Because he didn't dare to enter the Lu River." Yuan Jing thought for a while and added, "Maybe it's not time to enter the Lu River yet."
Liu Captou opened his eyes and said with a clear face, "There is a river god in Lushui!"
Lu Zheng shrugged, then looked up at the upper reaches of the Yingshui River, and then asked, "The Yingshui River is formed by the convergence of many mountain streams. There should be many mountain springs and lakes in the upper reaches of the mountain streams, right?"
Liu Captou nodded, "Exactly."
Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing looked at each other, "Let's go up and have a look."
(End of chapter)
