Xue Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, was already trembling when she heard this, but her instinct for survival prompted her to still bow to the ground and not want to get up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The witch gave her a cold look, resolutely turned her back, and walked into the water without hesitation until she disappeared.

Jiu Ge looked at the "tragedies" staged as planned, and then looked at the five witches kneeling at his feet, and said coldly:

"Your Excellency is aware of everything, and you are not ready to invite it truthfully. ”

"Yes, yes. The five shrine maidens were all frightened and hurriedly kowtowed. After a pause, one of the shrine maidens raised her head slightly and looked at Long Wu nervously, "I wonder what the adults want to know?"

Long Wu glanced at her, and his fierce eyes frightened the witch to the ground again, and her body trembled faintly. Long Wu chuckled,

"Since the official has come to oversee the sacrifice, he naturally wants to know everything about the sacrifice. ”

The shrine maiden raised her head slightly, trying to calm herself, and was thinking about how to speak.

"My lord is aware that the sacrifice has always been led by Wu Zhu, and his subordinates are just ordered to do things, and the details are not very clear. Then another shrine maiden replied.

Long Wu sighed, and then turned his gaze to the witch: "Then tell me what you have done." ”

"Yes. The shrine maiden knelt straight and said, "The subordinates are responsible for procuring the sacrifices, and the cattle, sheep and livestock are all personally selected by the subordinates for the sacrifices. ”

"Sacrifice?" Long Wu looked at her meaningfully, and said quietly: "It is understandable to use animals as sacrifices, so what is the matter with this prodigy?"

"Returning to your lordship. The witch girl seemed to have a slight disdain, and glanced at Xue Yan who was kneeling beside her, "The matter of the prodigy has always been handled by the second-order witch Xue Yan, and her subordinates have no right to intervene at all. ”

"Second-Order Shrine Maiden" Long Wu couldn't help but smile and said, "Then what rank are you?"

"My subordinates have just joined the witch, and they haven't had a rank yet. ”

"Oh?" Long Wu turned to the witch named Xueyan with great interest, "Your name is Xueyan?"

Xue Yanse shrank back and weakly answered yes.

"In that case, let you tell us about the beginning and end of this sacrifice, or you may start with your sacrifice. ”

Xue Yan is obviously under tremendous pressure in her heart, and at this moment, she doesn't look as superior as her identity, but rather cowardly as if she has changed someone.

Jiu Ge looked at her, at this moment, Xue Yan had lost her arrogance in front of Ji Yuyu, and the eagle totem on her face made people feel even more out of place, I was afraid that the words of the witch she called Sister Ao before had deeply affected her, so that she had to weigh whether she had the possibility of living, or whether she could die more easily.

Poor people must have something to hate, Jiu Ge retracted his gaze and said coldly:

"Zhao has a precedent of making up for it, of course, there is no shortage of torture, you can choose, but you have to think clearly, the experience of not being able to survive and not being able to die is not something that anyone can bear, in case it affects the clansmen again, this chess can be a big loss. ”

Xue Yan's obvious body was shocked, the resentment in her eyes was fleeting, and she was replaced by a sigh, and after a long time, Xue Yan raised her head and looked directly at Long Wu: "She is right, her subordinates are second-order witches, and her duty is to choose a prodigy for Wu Zhu." ”

"How to choose?" Long Wu said coldly.

"There will be a list of witch wishes. Xue Yan lowered her voice: "The subordinates only need to bring the children on the list." ”

"List?" Long Wu frowned, "What kind of list?"

Xue Yan seemed to hesitate a little before she spoke: "According to the tax." ”

"Taxes?" Long Wu was even more puzzled: "What taxes?"

It is the tax that the people of Jiangcheng pay to the imperial court according to the rules. ”

Long Wu was stunned in his heart, it stands to reason that all taxes are in the hands of local officials, that is, the county guard of Jiangcheng, if her words are true, the county guard will be in trouble. With a black face on his face, he said with a black face: "Full of nonsense, taxes have always been paid according to the law, how much do you say?"

"The subordinates don't dare, the taxes of the imperial court are naturally paid according to the law, but the expenses required for witch zhu to cast spells are also counted in the taxes, which were approved by the imperial court before. ”

"You mean, how much does Wu Zhu spend?"

"Yes. ”

"How do I verify?"

"This-" Xue Yan was silent for a moment, "According to the requirements of the water god, and the amount of vitality consumed by Wu Zhu to invite the god is decided. ”

When Long Wu heard this, he instantly understood, and made it clear that he was accumulating money. But I don't know if the county guard knows.

"Is there no one to take care of it?"

"In the past, it would be reported to the government office, and then the county guard would report it to the imperial court, but because the cost of sacrifice was trivial, and sometimes high and low, and the people were often in arrears, the court issued an order to open another account, which was managed by Wu Zhu himself, and only occasionally sent someone to check one or two. ”

"Self-managed. Long Wu glanced at Xue Yan playfully: "What's the matter with the green pine?"

Xue Yan leaned down again, reluctant to look up.

Jiu Ge glanced at her and sneered: "It's all here, what else is there to scruple about, you can weigh it yourself if you don't end well." ”

Xue Yan couldn't help but raise her head, and the aura of the person dressed as an entourage in front of her seemed to be higher than that of the official beside her.

Long Wu smiled and said, "Don't worry, if what you say is true, this official will definitely reward and punish clearly." ”

"Yes, sir. Xue Yan thanked her, and continued: "Qingsong's family is poor, and the tax paid is very small, and there are often arrears. Xue Yan stopped again, as if she was transporting something, and said for a long time: "Wu Zhu is worried about Qingsong Niang's beauty, and wants her to commit herself to herself, but Qingsong Niang does not obey, and several coercion and temptations have been fruitless, so she made this decision." ”

Jiu Ge was stunned, he didn't expect that there would be such a strong woman, and she could sacrifice her own flesh and blood, too, no, Jiu Ge's heart suddenly tightened, so he looked at Xue Yan and said sharply: "Where is the Qingsong mother at the moment?"

"She—" Xue Yan slurred for a long time, "she had hanged herself." ”

"Damn. No matter how good his temper was, Jiu Ge was angry at this moment: "When is it?"

On the day when her subordinates snatched the green pine for the first time, her mother was so grief-stricken that she passed out on the spot, and went after waking up. ”

Xue Yan's words caused an uproar at the moment, and the people seemed to gradually wake up from their confusion.

"You liars. One of them shouted, and then a stone was thrown over, and Xue Yan couldn't avoid it, and was hit on the forehead, and the blood flowed in an instant.

For a while, the sound of abuse and crying was endless, and the people were in chaos, thinking about the abuse of the past, as well as the pain of losing their relatives and children, all the grief and injustice turned into the motivation for revenge, stones flew all over the sky, and several witches were smashed one after another, and the wails were endless.

"Stop!" Long Wu shouted, "This case is still under trial, everyone should be calm, after all, these few are just obeying the orders of the mastermind, and if you don't care about it like this, won't you break the desk." ”

Then several guards stepped forward and pressed several of the most ferocious ones to the ground, Jiu Ge faintly looked at the few who were tied up struggling and tears on their faces, for some reason, she couldn't even mention a trace of pity, if it weren't for their delusions and wanton connivance, how could Qingsong's child suffer from this catastrophe.

The scene was gradually suppressed, and Long Wu looked at Xue Yan who was huddled in a ball again,

"Do you know where Wu Zhu's accounts are?"

At this moment, Xue Yan had lost her mind, and was just about to open her mouth with her eyes, when suddenly a stray arrow flew in, hitting Xue Yan's chest, Xue Yan looked at the blood gushing out of her chest with a shocked face, and slowly fell down unwillingly.

Everyone was stunned, stunned as they watched the sudden scene in front of them, and they were all stunned on the spot.

Jiu Ge's eyes turned sharply, and without hesitation, he jumped up and ran straight in the direction of the black shadow. Long Wu was shocked in his heart, and turned to coldly instruct his subordinates:

"These are to be taken into custody first, and they are not allowed to visit them without the instructions of the officials. ”

"Yes. Several of the guards took orders.

Long Wu didn't say anything more, and followed the direction of Jiu Ge.

Jiu Ge chased all the way to the stone forest, which was composed of stones, and the stones towered into the clouds, raising their heads to the sky, pointing straight to the sky. Jiu Ge slowed down, she had a hunch that the man had deliberately lured her here. Sure enough, the man in black who had fled earlier suddenly stopped and stood in front of Jiu Ge:

"Who are you, and why are you interfering with the sacrifice?"

Jiu Ge looked at him, still masked, and couldn't see his face, but Jiu Ge was slightly stunned in his heart, those eyes, and the murderous intent hidden in his eyes, seemed to be acquaintances.

"Xia Jiu. Long Wu just caught up, "Are you okay?" ”

Jiu Ge shook his head.

Long Wu turned to the man in black, and his voice sank:

"In broad daylight, you dare to disregard human life, are you going to be caught with your hands tied, or will we take it?"

"Haha. The man in black laughed: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you dare to be presumptuous in front of this seat, let me ask you, who sent you to supervise the sacrifice?"

Long Wuyi was stunned, and then smiled: "Naturally, it's Lord County Shou, what's the matter, do you have an opinion?"

"The county guard?" the man thoughtfully and didn't seem to believe it, "Why?"

"Because that witch is greedy and perverts the law, and cares for people's lives. Long Wu replied very briskly, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, obviously he was the first to ask, but he did the opposite, and couldn't help but say in a straight voice: "Who are you? Why are you interfering with the official's decision on the case?"

The man in black smiled coldly: "After all, it is death, and this seat will eradicate the evil for you, wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble." ”

"Presumptuous. Long Wu was furious: "I think you have no intentions." ”

Jiu Ge has been staring at the man in black, for a long time,

"Are you a witch?"

As soon as these words came out, Long Wu and the man in black were shocked.

The man in black withdrew his smile, and his gloomy gaze fell on Jiu Ge.

Long Wu was very puzzled, and couldn't help but look at Jiu Ge:

"Wasn't Wu Zhu sent to see the god of water? How could he be here? Could it be—" Long Wuyi slapped his head and turned to the man in black,

"Say, how did you get out of the water?"

"Ridiculous. The man in black snorted coldly, but his gaze wandered over Jiu Ge, "You say I'm Wu Zhu, then you can tell me how I escaped from the water?"

Jiu Ge glanced at him and said lightly:

"You didn't get out of the water. Instead, he raised a smile, "Because, you didn't go into the water at all." ”