Shi Yuanji recalled the scene at that time, and only felt a little vague, only the man who died in front of the Xiyuan Stone was still lingering in his mind.

"I see. Shi Yuanji nodded.

"Master Hou, since you have been waiting in the mass grave for so long, you must have guessed something. Niu Jinxing asked with a smile on his face.

"Tell me about it. Shi Yuanji silently felt the flow of mana around him and responded calmly.

Niu Jinxing took a deep breath and said cautiously: "As a natural calamity master, you can clearly feel the mana fluctuations here, and there is no one else. ”

"The great god of Chang Gung asked me to dream and said that I could trust you. To tell the truth, I am betting on my net worth and my life, if you and Yuan Zongdi do not get the same, I will be killed by you now, and I am powerless to resist. ”

The two looked at each other calmly, and after a while, Shi Yuanji smiled and said, "Yes, you are very smart." We all know each other from Yuan Zongdi, but it is still not comprehensive enough, and I hope we can communicate well in the future. ”

Niu Jinxing wiped the sweat from his forehead, bowed his hand, and led the way to the depths of the cave.

Rows of wooden-clad copper-clad boxes met Shi Yuanji's eyes, and he watched Niu Jinxing open a box, take out a book, and actually read it.

“...... Of the 1,035 households in Wu'an Town, 8,028 have died, 12,045 of the 20,350 people have escaped, and the town bears 44,560 taels of taxes and silver and tens of thousands of stones of grain and rice......"

“...... Of the 16,000 households in Sixing Town, 7,300 have died, 24,120 of the 33,100 people have escaped, and they have to bear 55,000 taels of silver and nearly 20,000 stone of grain and rice......"

“...... Of the 9,100 households in Shuyi Town, 7,419 have died, 13,000 of the 19,200 people have escaped, and 36,000 taels of silver ...... have been paid."

One piece of data was said by Niu Jinxing, which made Shi Yuanji only feel angry, and he waved his hand and interrupted Niu Jinxing. I took the ledger myself and took a cursory look at it.

He roared in a low voice: "No wonder there is no land without people, and the fertile land is barren...... Are these these?" he gestured to the boxes.

Seeing this, Niu Jinxing was secretly happy in his heart, he knew that he had made the right bet.

"There are also some ledgers, which are about the list of grain banks and money banks in Hedong, as well as the bosses behind them, receipts. Including the process of how they embezzled the disaster relief food money, it is all here. ”

Shi Yuanji looked at these boxes and said in a low tone: "Do you have to collect a fire or something for each pen?"

"It's more than that. Niu Jinxing patiently explained. "The imperial court allocated at least two million taels of silver, but only eight hundred thousand actually arrived in Hedong. ”

When the relief money was finally distributed, the local government had already deducted the taxes owed by the peasants from the 800,000 yuan, and all the relief money was distributed with one tael of silver ingots, but the local grain store that hoarded grain refused to use the silver ingots for the disaster. ”

"The victims had to go to the designated bankers to exchange copper coins, but the local bankers charged one-fifth of the fire cost. In the end, this disaster relief money can only buy food for one meal. ”

Shi Yuanji listened while pacing with his hands behind his back, and asked solemnly, "How many people still know about this place?"

"It's just me and Song Xiance, and a few of you, Master Hou. Niu Jinxing thought carefully before answering.

Shi Yuanji's breathing became more and more rapid, and his steps became bigger and bigger, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly ran to the entrance of the cave and looked around anxiously.

"What about Li San?" he asked towards the cave.

"I ...... Didn't see it. Song Xiance looked very flustered, obviously he didn't see any trace of Li San.

Shi Yuanji took out the Yuanliu Sword and Tiankui Jade from the seed bag, and threw the seed bag to Li Laiheng: "Throw those boxes into the seed bag." ”

Li Laiheng looked at the palm-sized pocket in his hand dumbfounded, and asked incredulously: "Master, those boxes are more than half a person high, how can they be thrown in?"

"Of course, throw it in with your hands......"

Before he could finish speaking, the wind outside the cave was raging, and the mana was surging, and Shi Yuanji calmly shouted outside the cave: "Senior Qu, meet again?"

The wind outside the cave was whirring and deafening. Li Laiheng in the cave took the seed bag and swung left and right against the box, watching the half-human-high box fall into the seed bag.

"!" Li Laiheng screamed, but saw Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Yuan Zongdi all looking at him dumbfounded.

He took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and shouted at the three of them, "What are you doing, why don't you help?

The three of them immediately woke up, struggled to move the box, and threw it into a palm-sized human seed bag.

"The coincident marquis is indeed a god. Yuan Zong sighed with emotion while moving the box for the first time.

Outside the cave, Qu Qianren looked at Li San, who was bent on his knees, and the corners of his mouth twitched with disdain, no longer looking at him. He flew in the air with the help of the wind, his feet did not touch the ground, and examined the cave where Shi Yuanji was.

"Master Qu, the villain endured the torture and finally found the lair of this gang of thieves. The villain also notified you according to the spell you taught, which is really not easy. ”

Qu Qianren threw down a gold ingot and said silently: "Get out!"

Li San happily picked up the gold, regardless of his leg injury, and ran into the mountains and forests.

Shi Yuanji held Tiankui Jade in his left hand and Yuanliu Sword in his right hand, and his heart was quite bottomless.

"Tricks? This Qu Qianren is really a master of tricks. I defended left and right, but I still didn't let go of Li San. ”

"Even if Li San is left in the mass grave, he will still send a signal to Qu Qianren, unless he is killed. But with Qu Qianren's shrewdness, would he plant a magic circle on Li San that would be triggered after death? It is very likely that I am still a little younger, and I can't compare with these old foxes. ”

"Tiankuiyu, you are the god of Pangu, a relic left to me by my master. It's a matter of life and death, so you can help me. ”

Qu Qianren watched Shi Yuanji walk out of the cave step by step, and said a little helplessly: "It's a pity, the coincidence, we met again, this time I won't show mercy." ”

Tornadoes rose from the ground, rolling up the trees, sand and humus in the forest, protecting Qu Qianren, who was flying against the wind.

The clouds in the sky were getting thicker, obscuring the afternoon sun and darkening the entire woods.

Shi Yuanji silently felt the fluctuation of mana, and was surprised to find that Li San didn't leave, but just hid from a distance.

Do you want to pick up this kind of cheap, I am not afraid of giving my life, Shi Yuanji said in his belly.

"Well, it looks like you and I have to fight to the death. Shi Yuanji silently calculated his mana, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Qu Qianren controlled the wind and looked at Shi Yuanji at the entrance of the cave with compassion: "I don't want to go against you, this is the truth. But I rely on this line of food to eat, so don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

Several tornadoes wrapped the sand and stones, and they all attacked Shi Yuanji, he jumped in the air, barely dodging the attack of the tornado, and then picked up the Yuanliu sword and flew directly towards Qu Qianren.

"What principle does this use to fly?" Qu Qianren was surprised, turned the whirlwind, and hit Shi Yuanji again.

"The mana I can use to unleash sword qi is limited, so I can't waste it, and I can only ensure that I don't miss a move when I'm closer. Shi Yuanji did not forget Wang Tianzong's teachings, and calculated carefully in his heart.

"He hadn't yet urged the great apparition, apparently with the strength to strike me a fatal blow when I weakened. ”

"I can't be careless!"

Thinking of this, he stared at Qu Qianren's movements, lest he use his tricks again.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Yuanji actually flew within Qu Qianren's three zhang, and without saying a word, he slashed out a sword qi towards Qu Qianren, and then flew into the air, avoiding the pursuit of the tornado.

Qu Qianren smiled slightly, and in an instant, a huge phantom was summoned. This phantom condensed into a thick shield, collided with the sword qi, and immediately split apart, dissipating with the sword qi.

The dissipated phantom was in one place, turning into a gust of wind, roaring towards Shi Yuanji like a sharp blade. Shi Yuanji looked at the Tiankui jade in his hand, and knew that he couldn't count on it, so he had to turn sideways, dodge the phantom blade, and fly towards Qu Qianren again.

He wanted to catch up with Qu Qianren and pierce him directly.

Qu Qianren flew unhurriedly against the wind, surrounded Shi Yuanji, and circled over the huge mountain forest. Obviously, he had realized that Shi Yuanji's mana was inferior to his own, and he planned to use up his mana.

"In this pursuit, my remaining mana can only cut out two sword qi at most. Shi Yuanji's heart became more and more bottomless, and he began to calculate his remaining means.

"Can we only use the Mixed Yuan Tiansheng Technique?" he thought desperately. "Xuan Ming, this guy, I have fallen for his plan, and I am really counted to death. ”

Qu Qianren flew with a regretful smile on his face: "Overlap Hou, I'll give you another chance." As long as you surrender, I can intercede with King Yan and Gui Yushi to let you live. ”

"They always need a Qi family to sit on the dragon chair, King Yan is old, and you are the first choice. ”

Shi Yuanji no longer pursued Qu Qianren, and laughed wildly: "Innocent! Gui Yihu will let me live? What are you kidding? If I really surrender, my death will come." ”

"Senior Qu, I won't kill you, so I remind you, this spell is very powerful, and I can't control its power, if you die because of it, don't blame me. ”

Qu Qianren stopped smiling and looked at Shi Yuanji seriously, only to see a pure darkness inexplicably appear in his hand, expanding rapidly like a balloon. Qu Qianren dared to slack off, condensed the mana shield again, and prepared to test the reality of this spell.

"No, why is the mana fluctuation of the coincidence-hou getting stronger and stronger?"

As soon as the phantom shield came into contact with the darkness, it obscured it. Qu Qianren could feel that the phantom shield had disappeared without a trace, and he could no longer let the phantoms come together.

The Phantom Shield is consumed by darkness.