"What did you see?" Qin Feng was not surprised after hearing this. He only asked what happened that made Lian Gouyi say with certainty that there was something wrong with Cheng County Cheng.
Lian Gouyi snatched the teacup from under Lingyin's paw, poured two cups of tea into his mouth, and then told in detail what he saw.
It turned out that Lian Gouyi followed the group of barbarians all the way on the wall. Because this road was the main road of the town, Lian Gouyi was able to follow them with the help of the buildings on both sides.
Although this group of people were outsiders, they did not attract much attention from the townspeople because of their disguises.
Lian Gouyi watched this group of people go around to the back door of the county government office when there were few people around, and knocked on the door. After a while, Cheng Xiancheng opened the door for them personally, and they looked around cautiously. Only then did he enter the county government office.
When Lian Goupi, the man with the moving mural, followed them in, he discovered how strange this place was.
The entire county government office was hung with white cloth, and even Gou Piao was hiding on the dark door. I didn't know how to continue to follow him.
"Wei Xi, you caught me in the alley," Lian Gou Ni said with a bitter look on his face, "I really can't stay any longer. The place is covered with white cloth. I can't continue to follow, and I can't be touched by others on the door. good."
Qin Feng thought about riding a horse with Lian Goului who got into the painting. Although it was a painting, he could actually feel something different.
"I'm not from Ju State, but a county magistrate has connections with Hu people. There must be something fishy in this." After Lian Gouyi finished speaking, he went to dig through his own baggage to get some sweets like a starving ghost. "By the way, I When I came back just now, I ordered a table of food, which will be served shortly."
"Wei Xi and I had dinner and got some news."
"I know, I called it for myself," Lian Gouyi said quickly before Qin Feng, who was paying, scolded him, said, "What did you find out?"
"They're all just speculation, but they're strange enough." Qin Feng replied.
"Then let Wei Xi say it, why don't she sum it up directly?" Lian Goupi pressed his cheek with a candy bar.
"We tricked the waiter in the restaurant," Wei Xi, a talkative person (?), immediately said, "Tangkou Town started offering river sacrifices ten years ago, because at that time Tangkou Town did not produce gold sand, and it was still Cheng County Cheng, who works as a handyman in the county government, came up with the idea of offering sacrifices to the river."
"He became the county magistrate because of the usefulness of offering sacrifices to the river, and because the county magistrates are always changing, he has actually been managing Tangkou Town these years."
Qin Feng added at this time, "According to the laws of Ju State, a magistrate's term is three years unless there are special circumstances. The waiter did not say how to change magistrates specifically. He only said that they are often changed, and magistrates are generally selected by Jucheng. We are all foreigners."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door, and the three of them fell silent, "Master Immortal Master, your food is ready."
Lian Gouyi signaled to Wei that his suit was ready, and then he opened the door and asked the waiter to bring the dishes in.
"Why are there no green lamb legs? And fat snapper?" The hungry Lian Gou Lai said in a harsh tone. The waiter at the inn smiled and explained that the town was going to offer sacrifices to the river recently, and the green sheep were used as tributes. As for the fat snapper, The Xu family has stopped delivering goods here recently.
"You, Jihe, have a huge formation, and you won't let the immortal cultivating families in Suzhou come in?" Qin Feng led the conversation to Jihe, intending to get some more words out of him.
"This is a matter of the Immortal Sect. It's not my turn as a mortal to say this." The waiter at the inn was much more strict than the waiter at the restaurant. Qin Feng didn't want to continue asking, so he took out his wallet and handed the waiter money for the meal. , and rolled his eyes deliberately, always maintaining the image of a disunited team.
After the waiter left, Qin Feng looked at Lian Gouchi who was devouring his food and said, "I'll order something to drink next time."
"I can't drink it!" After swallowing the rice in his mouth, Qin Feng knocked on the plate and said, "Let's show it to others. Counting the two dishes that didn't come, there are six dishes in total. If you don't drink it, I'm afraid you might choke. It doesn’t cost you anything to die!”
"I understand, little one. I mentioned foreigners just now. What did you and Wei Xi find out?"
Wei Xi was the one who responded with a flurry of answers, "Qin Feng was referring to the matter of sacrificing the river. Originally I thought it was Cheng County Cheng's idea not to allow us to go up the embankment, but the waiter also said that it was the reason for not allowing outsiders to participate in the matter of sacrificing the river. Routine.”
"That's why people are stopped at the gate of the town. And it's not just outsiders who can't participate in the river ceremony," Wei Xi recalled the sleepy waiter, "even the townspeople have to pick people to participate."
"How did you choose it?" Lian Gouyi asked.
Wei Xi shook his head honestly. The waiter didn't mention it at all.
"Then what other benefits does this river sacrifice have besides the golden sand?"
"People in Tangkou Town are no longer sick, and even the medical clinic can't open." Qin Feng said this with a tone of disbelief.
On the other hand, when Lian Goupi heard this, his eyes lit up and he pointed at Wei and Qin with his chopsticks, "Then you two will sneak in. Maybe the Huanhe River will cure you both!"
Qin Feng picked up another pair of chopsticks on the table and knocked the chopsticks pointed at them hard, "Don't point at people with chopsticks!"
Lian Goupao made a gesture of surrender, "Seriously, if this is true, you two can give it a try."
"Dead people don't get sick." Wei Xi said. What's interesting is that Lingyin is not very happy now. It tries its best to deal with the unexpected indifference of this sentence.
"You mean," Qin Feng, who blindly trusted Wei Xi, looked shocked, "all the people in this town are dead?"
"No, I just pointed out that dead people don't get sick." Wei Xi comforted Qin Feng and Lian Gouyi in time, "There are weird things in this town, but I haven't heard of dead people walking or talking."
"What should we do? Even if the people in this town are weird, we still have to strengthen the dam," he glanced at Qin Feng, and quickly added, "We also need to expose the tricks of the Hu and Cheng County Cheng."
"Find a way to go to the embankment to take a look at the situation, and also go to the county government office to check on the county magistrate and Cheng County Magistrate." Wei Xi poured himself a cup of tea, "Qin Feng, how do normal county magistrates change?"
"Transferred, evaluated for promotion, or demoted at the end of the term." Thinking of Wei Xi's remarks just now, Qin Feng came up with the third possibility, "Dead?"
“Ask the magistrate what to do?”
"The county magistrate is also a foreigner, and that note was probably written by him." Wei Xi patiently answered Lian Gou Ni's questions.
Lian Gouyu felt a shiver run down his spine. He always felt that Wei Xi had nothing to gain and could not afford to go early. Now he and Yan Yue had some conspiracy waiting for him.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just asking you to go to the county office at night to find out the news."
Lian Gouyi felt that he had been trained by these two people, but now he felt that a big stone had fallen to the ground.
"Then what are we doing?" Qin Feng was very anxious.
"I'll find a chance to check on the sacrifice tonight, and I'll have to find Mr. Li tomorrow."
"How are you two going to see the sacrifice? Is it dangerous?" Lian Gouyi was not worried about Qin Feng and Wei Xi.
"Follow that big-mouthed waiter," Wei Xi said. "It's dangerous or not. If you want to do it for me, that's not impossible."
