On the way, Wu Liang finally understood what Yin Jian was asking him for.

It turned out that a bridge was being built in Chenliu County, which was a good thing for the people.

But since the construction of this bridge began, nearby residents have begun to encounter strange things one after another.

Every night, some people will hear a knock on the door, get up to open the door to check, but there is no one outside the door, but soon after going back to lie down, the knock on the door starts again, and then open the door to check, there is still no one...... And so on and so on all night.

This kind of strange thing happened frequently, and it quickly caused panic among the nearby residents, and word of mouth gradually spread about ghosts.

At this time, a master suddenly came, and the master approached the superintendent of the post to supervise the matter, saying that there was a dragon immortal in this river, and if the construction was carried out, it would definitely be angered, and then not only the superintendent of the post and the craftsman who repaired the bridge would suffer retribution, but even the people in the vicinity would be punished by it, and they would not be able to live a stable life from then on.

The post supervisor heard about the strange things that happened recently in this generation, and then he was fooled by the master and believed it to be true, and hurriedly asked the master what the solution was.

The master thought for a long time, and then reluctantly pointed out a clear way for the post superintendent - hitting, living, and piling!

The so-called stake, to put it bluntly, is to offer ji, huo people.

The master taught the post to find a pair of Tong men and women as sacrifices, the Tong man buried his head down at the head of the bridge, and the Tong woman buried at the end of the bridge with his feet down, and then he did a ritual to offer Ji, so as to calm the anger of the dragon, and the dragon would not fall on them.

As a result, the male tong who was less than 5 years old in Yin Jian's family was selected as a sacrifice and was going to be offered today.

If Yin Jian hadn't just asked for leave to go back to visit relatives, even if it was a day or even a few hours, I am afraid that he would not even be able to see his son for the last time.

"That's what happened......

After understanding the beginning and end of the matter, Wu Liang already had a judgment in his heart.

From beginning to end, I am afraid that this matter was made famous by the so-called "master".

And the means are not very clever, but the arrangements are interlocking, and the current people still don't understand the principle, and they generally believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, so they will believe it and be at his mercy.

For example, the "ghost knocking on the door in the middle of the night" that appeared in this incident is already a well-known ancient charlatan trick in later generations.

It is nothing more than to get some ox blood or loach blood on the door, the bats that are active at night are very sensitive to this smell, so they will naturally run to bang on the door, and when the people inside open the door to check, the bats flee into the night, of course, they can't see people, not even bats, so they will be cranky.

It's a pity that he bumped into Wu Liang this time, which can only be regarded as the bad luck of this "master".

Wu Liang loves historical and archaeological research, and naturally has some dabbling in some charlatans that have appeared in history.

If it is really better than pretending to be a god and a ghost, the methods of the rivers and lakes in this era are still far behind, Wu Liang is the "king of understanding" who "no one knows how to pretend to be a ghost better than me"!

"Talented brother, you are Sima, you go and intercede with the superintendent, maybe you can save my child, as long as you can save his life, I will use you as a cow and a horse in the future."

Yin Jian was anxious to save his son, and he had been begging hard along the way.

"Don't worry, little thing."

Wu Liang patted him on the shoulder and said confidently.

……

When Wu Liang and his party came to the river, hundreds of people had gathered here, and the scene was not lively.

"Let's go! Let's get it! ”

Yin Jian, Chen Jinshui and others opened the way in front of them in military uniforms, and the people naturally did not dare to provoke, so they quickly made way for Wu Liang.

Wu Liang strode into it.

The first thing you see is a platform set up on the embankment by the river, the platform is wrapped in yellow cloth, on which are placed several plates of melon and fruit meat, and there are several bronze tripods, and a few lit incense sticks are inserted in the tripod.

In front of the platform, there stood a middle-aged man in a cyan robe.

The middle-aged man had a long beard, his eyebrows drooped slightly, his waist-length hair was not tied up, but was draped down from his back, coupled with those slightly closed eyes, and a special standing posture for Shangxian with one hand behind his back......

Not to mention, it really has a bit of fairy wind and bone temperament.

This should be the "master".

Wu Liangliang thought in his heart, and looked at the several men beside the "master" again.

The man at the head was dressed in a gorgeous Shu brocade shirt, about thirty years old, with a white complexion, a very official-looking beer belly, and his hair and beard were meticulously repaired.

Because in the decree of the Han Dynasty, wearing Shu brocade was the privilege of the scholar class, and people outside the scholar clan could not use it even if they had money, otherwise they would be convicted.

This may be the post supervisor called "Wang Qing" that Yin Jian said, right?

As for Yin Jian's son, he hasn't seen it yet.

However, I think it should be held somewhere nearby, and it will be pulled up when the sacrifice is made, otherwise crying and making noise will affect the ceremony, and it will be more undignified.

"Who?"

Seeing that someone suddenly broke in, several soldiers immediately blocked in front of Wu Liang and the others.

Wu Liang didn't pay attention to them, but directly shouted to the Shu Jin man through them: "Dare to ask the son of the Xuanyu in front of him, but Wang Qing of Chenliujun, Wang Dou Post?" ”

When Wu Liang and the others came in just now, there was a small commotion, and Wang Qing had already looked here.

At this time, it was quite pleasant to hear Wu Liang speak, and seeing that he also had a few soldiers with him, maybe some identity, he brought someone over and asked, "Have we met?" ”

"The humble position is the humiliation army Sima Wu Liang, who has not been in the city for a few days, so he has not yet gone to visit him, please forgive Wang Duyou, but Wang Duyou's name has heard of it after entering the city, and today I saw that it was indeed a dragon and phoenix among people."

Wu Liang arched his hand and smiled, and Zhangkou came.

In fact, when it comes to rank, the post supervisor and Sima at this time are not too much apart, but one is subordinate to the county government and the other is subordinate to the military department, and the functions are different, and there is basically no contact in peacetime.

However, repairing the bridge is the business of the county government, and it has nothing to do with the military department, and Wu Liang has no right to come over and interfere even if he is Sima.

Therefore, it is not a disadvantage to call himself a "lowly position" and lower his posture and speak nicely, after all, he is doing things on other people's land.

The Hedged Army?

The Hsmiling Army that Cao Yu brought back?

Isn't it just a miscellaneous craftsman army specializing in pottery, and there is Sima in this kind of army?

Hearing Wu Liang's self-description, Wang Qing crossed a touch of disdain in his heart, but he stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, seeing that Wu Liang spoke so well, Wang Qing did not show the disdain in his heart, but returned the salute with a smile: "It turned out to be Wu Sima, fortunately, I don't know what Wu Sima is here for?" ”

"You don't dare to be a good person, but I just happened to hear that there are masters here, so I came to see the excitement, hoping that it didn't disturb Wang Duyou."

Wu Liang smiled modestly.

"Talented Brothers......"

As soon as he heard this, Yin Jian was anxious at the time, they didn't come to see the excitement!

Seeing this, Chen Jinshui immediately grabbed him and reprimanded in a low voice: "Calm down!" Since the talented brothers are not in a hurry, they must have a plan in their hearts. ”