Chapter 241: To be investigated
This night, Jiang Wan'er was by the river with Benya, and the two cried together, but the feelings slowly accumulated.
She originally had some kind of mind in mind when she followed Nie Shuyao, but now she finally made up her mind to follow her. Only at this moment can I understand the thoughts of the senior brother, and I think this is also the real purpose of my father to let them go down the mountain to practice.
They are Jianghu people, and they were born with a chivalrous heart, but this chivalrous heart sometimes does wrong things. It's like she's inadvertently attracting little pink, it's her fault.
Nie Shuyao's actions seem to be for the people, but in fact they are for the people. She doesn't have Nie Shuyao's intelligence, she only has martial arts, and she can only use martial arts to achieve the chivalrous heart of the people in the rivers and lakes.
As the saying goes, "learn martial arts well and sell into the emperor's family", which is really true.
Looking at the stupid girl who was crying in a daze and falling into a dream, Jiang Wan'er really figured it out at this moment, and said with a smile: "Then let my martial arts become excellent|excellent|small|say|more|new|most|fast|www.uuxs.cc|Just Nie Shuyao's detective prestige, I hope she can do something in the future, and it is also very good to be the first female guard of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
Early the next morning, the people of Qingshui Village spontaneously sent representatives to Huangmu Village downstream, so that the villagers who moved there also came to recognize, and many people moved there because their family members were eaten by water ghosts.
Many villagers spontaneously filled the river well with stones while being sad, and as for Lizheng, who was eaten by the "water ghost", he did not know which angry villager threw him into the mountains to feed the wild beasts.
In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and Nie Tianxi's task of cleaning up the bones was also completed, and there were still a few bones that were old and extremely badly damaged, and they couldn't even spell out the human form, so they were piled up aside.
The villagers said that it was probably the deceased who accidentally fell into the water in the past, so they buried them in one place.
Nie Shuyao, who was still recuperating from her injuries, did not participate in this matter, she couldn't see life and death, and liked flowers. also knew that Nie Tianxi would handle this matter well, so he recuperated with peace of mind.
At the same time, he is also comforting the fat aunt, the woman in the confinement can't be sad, it will hurt her body. had to give her a white lie, which just happened to explain why Li Dashan was not there.
Another day later, in the afternoon, the old man and Li Dashan finally returned. There was tiredness in the eyes of the two of them, and their red eyes were as ugly as if they had cried.
Only Nie Shuyao knew that they had really cried, and Li Dashan knew his true identity because of this.
When Nie Shuyao told him about his reasoning, he held his adoptive father's longbow and was silent for a long time. No one knows better than him when the legend of the water ghost began, and this "water ghost" killed his adoptive father's family, who raised him since childhood, and so many villagers in Qingshui Village.
He was entangled, sad, blamed himself, and was silent for a long time!
The old man patted him on the shoulder and said, "Big brother, it's not your fault, if you survive, you can already be blessed by the ancestors of Lijiazhai." I didn't expect that the Li Zheng of Shimizu Village wanted to get the treasure map from you! ”
Li Dashan frowned and said, "What treasure map?" My dad never talked about it, and we don't have it at home. If I can do it all over again, I would rather not have the title of descendant of Lijiazhai, I just want to be my father's son! ”
He is an honest man, and there is a sentence to say, which is what he says in his heart. But one cannot choose one's origin.
The old man also knew that he had asked about this treasure map more than once in the secret room, but unfortunately Li Dashan really didn't know.
Nie Shuyao saw their conversation in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. also sighed: "It's a pity, it is said that the treasure map can find the treasures hidden by the Mongols, which is the treasure that has been looted in the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years." If you get it, it's not just as simple as being rich and rivaling the country. ”
The old man's eyes jumped, and he asked, "The girl also knows about this treasure?" ”
Nie Shuyao smiled: "Yes, not only I know, but most of us here know." It was said by the Li Zheng of Qingshui Village when he begged us not to kill him, and he was instructed to harm people under the guise of a water ghost, just for this treasure map. It's a pity that he found the wrong person, there is no treasure map in Lijiazhai here. I don't know who the owner of Lijiazhai gave this thing to? Uncle Nian, do you know? ”
The old man waved his hand again and again, "How do I know this, if I hadn't entered the secret room, I wouldn't even know the origin of Lijiazhai!" ”
"Oh? Does Lijiazhai still have a history? Uncle Nian has to tell us about it. You don't know, Xi'er and I were tired and hungry when we entered the secret room, and we were both injured. I slept in it for two days, but I finally had two pieces of beef jerky to satisfy my hunger, and I didn't find anything in it. Nie Shuyao regretted, "But let me go in again, I won't die, and it's terrible to think about the days without food or drink." ”
The old man also nodded in agreement, "Who says it's not?" It's like a tomb of the living dead, and I'll never want to go in it again for the rest of my life. ”
Hearing this, Nie Shuyao looked at Li Dashan and found that his brows were furrowed deeply, and he lowered his head and didn't say a word.
"Alas!" Nie Shuyao also said: "Yes, I don't want to stay here any longer, I feel isolated from the world!" ”
The old man immediately said, "Or, let's leave tomorrow?" ”
"Uncle Nian can't think of something again, right?" Nie Shuyao asked curiously.
The old man laughed embarrassedly, "Actually, I just remembered how to go to Huaishu Village. When I think about it, I know that we have gone astray, girl, I really can't help you! ”
He clenched his fists and arched his hand at Nie Shuyao embarrassedly, seeing that he was really wrong.
"Huh!" Nie Shuyao didn't say anything, just pulled out an extremely ugly smile, she already knew that this was the case.
In the evening, Nie Tianxi finally came back and whispered to Li Dashan about the bones with a stern face.
Li Dashan rushed out without saying a word, and he was in a state of confusion. If it weren't for him, Qingshui Village would be flooded with water ghosts, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he took all these responsibilities on himself, so that he staggered when he ran up.
"Xi'er, take care of him!" Nie Shuyao felt that he was prone to accidents like this, so he hurriedly admonished.
Poor Nie Tianxi didn't count after a busy day, and immediately ran out again, "Sister, don't worry! ”
But there is someone faster than him, and that is the old man.
Nie Shuyao frowned again when he saw this situation, the old man seemed to really care about him?
The old man was the first to catch up with Li Dashan, and as soon as he came up, he persuaded: "Brother Dashan, I don't blame you!" You can't tell anyone who you are, if you leak a single penny, I'm afraid it will lead to death, think about your wife and children, and think about the villagers of Qingshui Village! ”
"I, I, I'm a villager of Qingshui Village, so I'm not a descendant of Lijiazhai!" Li Dashan finally annoyed the old man, and even Miss Nie just guessed, but this old man always held on to this, which was really hateful.
The old man grinned, "Yes, yes!" The Dashan brothers are villagers in Qingshui Village, and I was mistaken about the old man. Hehe, it is now, and it will be in the future. ”
"Humph!" Li Dashan shook off his hand and ran towards the river.
In a blink of an eye, Nie Tianxi also followed and asked, "Uncle Nian, is Uncle Li okay?" ”
"It's okay, it's okay! It's just a little sad. The old man waved his hand repeatedly.
"Oh, that's good." Nie Tianxi glanced thoughtfully at the old man and chased after him again.
The next day, Qingshui Village held a funeral for the deceased at the same time, and the wells in the river with demon grass were also filled in flat, but the upstream was cut off, and slowly the river was almost dry.
The people in the lower reaches of the river finally understood what a "water ghost" was, and they crusaded against the harmful Lizheng, and many of the villagers who moved away decided to move back to live again, after all, it is difficult to leave their homeland.
Nie Shuyao and her party stayed here for a few more days, and the injury on her arm no longer hurts, but it will take at least a month or two to think about it. However, she couldn't wait that long, and was a little worried about Yuqin who would go to Yangzhou first.
The fat aunt has not yet been confined, and it is not easy to move again, and everyone has not told her about the bones in the river. It's just that the stupid girl is now Nie Shuyao's maid, and the daily meals are made by her and Jiang Wan'er. Now Jiang Wan'er seems to have accepted her fate, and she has a clear eye for doing things.
When Li Dashan led the villagers to return the Qingshui River to its place, Nie Shuyao also decided the time to leave. The return of Qingshui River is a major event, and because of this incident, Li Dashan has become the new Lizheng of Qingshui Village.
The next day was the day when Nie Shuyao and his party left, and in the evening, Nie Tianxi came back from outside, pulled Nie Shuyao to the carriage and signaled that he had something to say.
Nie Shuyao said to Jiang Wan'er, who was learning needlework with Benya on the side: "Wan'er, I have something to say to Xi'er, and no one is allowed to enter without a report." ”
Jiang Wan'er was still not used to being called around, but she didn't say anything, and sat outside the door with the stupid girl.
Inside the carriage, Nie Shuyao asked, "Xi'er, what happened?" ”
"Sister, Li Dashan told me a secret today." Nie Tianxi whispered.
"About Lijiazhai?"
Nie Tianxi nodded and said, "Yes." In the secret room, the old man told him that he was originally the young master of Lijiazhai, but he became a citizen of Qingshui Village because the village was slaughtered. The old man also pushed open a coffin and took something from it. ”
"What is it?"
"Li Dashan said he didn't see clearly."
Nie Shuyao has long known that the old man is not simple, he must have some kind of connection with Li Jiazhai, this connection should still be very close, and it is by no means like what he said about looking for relatives for friends.
Thinking of this, she asked, "Xi'er, did you say that the old man knew that the jade pendant given to us was the key to the treasure hunt?" ”
Nie Tianxi frowned and said, "I think he should know." But he gave it to us, there must be a reason for him, maybe he wanted to find the real treasure map with our hands! ”
"Well, that makes sense, then let's not startle the snake first. Let's take it one step at a time! Nie Shuyao echoed, "Why did Li Dashan say it now? ”
Nie Tianxi said: "He said that the old man wouldn't let him speak. But he felt that he should sue us for this, after all, it was we who exposed the deception of the water ghosts. However, he told us to keep it a secret from the old man. ”
"I see!"
The two discussed the next thing and began to pack. R1152