"We followed the orders of the government office and the teacher's sect, and we bumped into a group of barbarians on the road who were covering up their whereabouts," Wei Xi said, paying attention to Sun Ji's expression, "How could there be traces of barbarians in Suzhou, which is so good?"
Sun Ji briefly closed his eyes and said, "The Immortal Master is interested. This group of barbarians are regular guests of Cheng County Cheng. Cheng County Cheng trapped me here. The two Immortal Masters also worked hard to get in. There is only one sentence I hope the Immortal Master can send a message to the government office so that the people in this area can be kept safe."
If Qin Feng had been here, he would definitely have agreed.
But today it was Wei Xi and Lian Gouyi who came, and they didn't say a word.
Seeing this reaction, Sun Ji reacted quickly and immediately changed the subject, "The two immortal masters look young, so the master must not have expected the situation in Tangkou Town. I'm afraid that the two immortal masters have been captured by Cheng County." Cheng is keeping an eye on it."
The words finally came to the point, and Wei Xi immediately showed a cooperative attitude, "What Sun Zhixian said must have known something we didn't know, otherwise he wouldn't have given us the news."
"I'll focus on the important ones. Tangkou Town was not an important place originally, and the government's focus was just because there have been six county magistrates in the past ten years, from Mr. Chen to Mr. Wu."
"In less than half a year after taking office as the county magistrate, Mr. Wu fell into the Huanhe River during the flood season. The government appointed a candidate and told me that there was something strange here, so I should be careful in everything."
Sun Ji's face was full of remorse, "My family helped me do some research before I came here, and I also went to the government office to find the accountant to look at the records of previous years. I saw three things that were wrong. One was the report in Tangkou Town. The number of golden sands is decreasing year by year. Secondly, many people in Tangkou Town have left their hometowns. Thirdly, the Xu family in Suzhou once sued the Tangkou Town government office, but withdrew the lawsuit before it could be raised to court."
"Because I was in Sucheng, and I took the sign to the treasury in Sucheng, where the items handed over by the subordinate counties and towns are stored. Tangkou Town only produces gold sand in Su Lai, but because there are many gold mines in Suzhou , these golden sands in Tangkou Town are dispensable, just piled up in the treasury."
"There is no difference in the number of those gold sands. Just look closely and you can see the problem. I put the gold sands in recent years and the gold sands in previous years together, and found that the particles of gold sands handed in in recent years are larger than those in previous years. They are more like big Pieces of gold were broken into pieces.”
Thinking of the lumps of gold under the water and the gold nuggets in the box, Wei Xi and Lian Gouyi had a thought in their hearts: This county magistrate is so thoughtful!
Sun Ji took a breath and continued, "I was just thinking about setting up a private gold mine in Tangkou Town, but I didn't expect that the person I sent out would bring back an old man who was mining for gold in Tangkou Town."
"He told me that after Tangkou Town worshiped the Huanhe River, the production of gold sand increased. However, the rainy season came earlier the next year. The water rose at Longhu Pass and swept away several gold prospectors from other places. The county magistrate He sent the people away, leaving only those in Tangkou Town panning for gold on the Huan River."
"I took out the gold sands of the past few years and asked the old gold digger to identify them. The old man said that the gold sands did not look like they were found. Because of this, I was more alert when I took office."
"After entering Tangkou Town, I realized that Tangkou Town is controlled by Cheng County Cheng, especially the Jihe River related to Jinsha. Only Cheng County Cheng can speak."
"I proposed to go to the river embankment to offer sacrifices to the river, but Cheng County Cheng refuted me in a few words."
When Wei Xi met Cheng Chengxian, he didn't expect that the old man was so arrogant to everyone, and he didn't know what was weird about the embankment. Even outsiders were not allowed to go up.
"Last year, there was a family in the town who lost their child. It happened that after offering sacrifices to the river, when they were about to bury the child, they discovered that the body was missing."
"This family came to the county government office. At that time, Cheng County Cheng was busy making sacrifices, so I seized this opportunity and took over the matter."
Wei Xi asked, "Aren't sacrificial offerings and sacrificing to the river the same thing? Why is Cheng County Cheng still busy sacrificing after sacrificing to the river?"
"The sacrifice to the river is only for one day," Sun Ji replied. "The sacrifice can last for half a month, and then the sacrifices will not go into the river."
"At that time, I took people to investigate the corpse matter. In the end, the matter was traced to the county government. In order not to alert others, I put aside this matter for the time being and started with Cheng County Cheng."
"It doesn't matter this check. Cheng County Cheng was an apprentice in a medical clinic before. His teacher was Li Langzhong, who studied medicine in the Western Regions in the early years. There were a few casual cultivators in Baoxiang City, and Li Langzhong got involved with them. Among the few things happening in Baoxiang City."
"One of the incidents was the theft at Jinming Temple in Baoxiang City. What was stolen was a few old books."
"Later, Langzhong Li returned to his hometown, changed his appearance, and opened a medical clinic. He also had a bad temper and often sold some inferior medicinal materials, so his reputation in Tangkou Town was not good."
"When Cheng County Cheng was an apprentice, he hung out with a group of gangsters and often gambled and drank. Later, he suddenly had a sum of money in his hand to pay off his gambling debts."
"I focused on that period of time and found that Cheng County Cheng often helped a confused beggar. Later, the beggar disappeared. That's when Cheng County Cheng began to have a lot of money."
This matter overlapped with and was different from the information that Wei Xi and the others had found out. Wei Xi knew in his heart that both Li Langzhong and Sun Ji had reservations.
But now, Wei Xi was more convinced by Sun Ji's words.
"This clue ends here. When I arrived here, the population of Tangkou Town was less than 70% of what it was ten years ago, let alone finding an old man who knows about this matter."
"At this time, I can only investigate the matter of people from the county government smuggling corpses. Not only this family in the city has lost corpses, but several families have also lost their children. It's just not a one-year thing, it happens every year. Everyone Everyone spoke out."
"I paid attention to the houses in the town where people had died. I spotted one of them and guarded his house at night. Sure enough, someone took the body away at night and followed them to the bank of the Huan River."
"I saw Cheng County Cheng and his men throwing the body into the river at night. After they left, I went to the Huan River to take a look. Standing on the embankment, I saw gold at the bottom of the water."
When Sun Ji mentioned this, what else did Wei Xi and Lian Gouyi not understand? Wei Xi said, "Did you see the gold flowing across the water?"
"It seems that it was right to pass this note to you," Sun Ji coughed twice, "Just looking at the gold on the river beach, you know that the size of Tangkou Town is no longer gold sand. If there is such private gold every year , is also a big trouble."
This was considered open, so Wei Xi said, "We entered Tangkou Town and also inquired about the transportation of corpses to the Huanhe River. According to you, what does this have to do with those who prepared the sacrifices."
Sun Ji glanced at Wei Xi again, "What do the immortal masters think?"
Even Gouyi went to see Wei Xi. Wei Xi estimated the time and said directly, "Those people are the sacrifices to be selected. I just don't know what's weird about that house, so they should stay in it."
"The Immortal Master is right...but not right either." Sun Ji's next words shocked Wei and Xi. "The strange thing is not the house, but the first corpse thrown into the Huan River."
