Pei Min secretly praised and dared to take responsibility, this deputy general named Wanwen was good, and he also asked Feng Changqing to bring some soldiers and horses to support at the moment, so as to avoid an accident.

What kind of creatures monsters are, no one knows.

Even if it is unexpected in the night, but if you can hurt Gongsun You, you have to wait for it.

At this time, an old woman came from afar, carrying a bamboo basket in her hand, and there were all kinds of unknown grass in it.

"Who is she?" Pei Min asked the soldier softly.

The soldier immediately responded: "It's the village doctor, and the Gongsun girl asked her to heal." ”

Pei Min walked up quickly, helped carry the bamboo basket, and asked, "Old man, how is the situation of Miss You?" ”

His voice trembled unconsciously.

The old woman paused and said: "It's hard to say, the girl let the dragon tail sweep, and the trauma was very serious, both arms were seriously displaced, and there were many abrasions on the back." The old body has already attached the girl's muscles and bones, and it has also been bandaged with medicinal grass and fixed with wooden boards. These are musculoskeletal injuries, and they are not unconscious. The hardest part was the girl's head, which was supposed to be hit when she flew out. The old body has limited medical skills, and can only use blood and stasis medicine, whether he can wake up, and when he can wake up, it all depends on whether Allah Allah protects him. ”

She spoke with a little fear in her tone, but when she said "Allah Allah", she felt a little relieved.

Pei Min knew that the evil dragon was not a small deterrent, but her faith made her weaken her fear.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Pei Min still maintained a kind expression, and no one could understand the anger in his heart.

But all the anger he was in his heart.

As the head of the family, he bears it alone, and does not vent it to any outsider until he vents everything to the culprit.

Patting her somewhat stiff cheeks, Pei Min said something to Pei Mu, calmed her old man's emotions, nodded to Jiao Chen again, and handed everything over to her.

After dealing with all this, Pei Min asked Wang Xiaobai to go to the village government office to see the woman who was rescued in distress last night, and then walked quickly to the village government office.

The government office in Yuquan Village is very large, no less than the government office in the town, but the government office is extremely dilapidated.

In addition to a slender road leading to the main gate of the government, there are some bluestone palace roads, which are quite smooth, and the surrounding area is in tatters.

When I came to the outside of the house and looked inside, I found that the lobby was simple, and even the mats for hospitality were a little damaged, but it was very neat and clean.

In the middle of the hall there was a stove, and the old village chief was sitting on a mat and napping.

He was sleepy and had a stove by his side, and the old village chief was already asleep.

Pei Min took off his shoes, coughed, and walked into the house.

The old village chief rubbed his eyes, hurriedly put away his legs, sat down on his knees, and said, "This age is not forgiving, forgive me!" ”

Pei Min said: "It's okay, you don't have to be so restrained, just be casual." We talk casually, and we don't deal with official business. ”

He said as he sat down cross-legged by the fire.

Seeing this, the old village chief also put away his kneeling legs, and sighed: "They all say that Guogong is a good person, and he really sympathizes with us." To be honest, at this age, let the old man sit on his knees for a few quarters of an hour, these two legs really can't stand it. Guogong asked, the old man knows everything, this is a lot of age, and nothing else is that he knows a lot about things. ”

Pei Min nodded slightly and said, "Does the old village chief know when the news of the evil dragon came out in your village?" ”

The old village chief thought for a while and said, "This is too early, it's not a matter of the old generation. My grandfather once said that there are dragons in Heihe, and it has been passed down for 150 or 60 years. But at that time, it didn't seem to take it seriously, and there was no taboo. At that time, Yuquan Village was completely different from the desolation it is now. At that time, we were called Ganquan Town, which was also extremely famous in this Hexi land. ”

Pei Min nodded to show that he understood, Hexi is vast and sparsely populated. Within a radius of 100 miles, there may not be a single figure to be seen.

However, in Hexi, wherever there is water, there will be traces of people.

The people here live in groups around the water source.

This is true whether it is Guzang, Zhangye, Jiuquan or Dunhuang.

In the desert northwest, water is the source of life.

Ganquan Village is so close to Heishui, it is impossible not to be prosperous.

It can also be seen from the overall skeleton of Ganquan Village that Ganquan Village was once glorious, but it declined later.

The old village chief continued: "It was only later that the evil dragon came to haunt me, and the torrential rain continued, and the river washed away the fields and houses. At the beginning, the imperial court would also take care of it and allocate some money for disaster relief. However, every once in a while there was a flood, there was no news from the imperial court. Eventually, many people couldn't stand it anymore and began to move out one by one. A good Yuquan town has become the current Yuquan Village. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that this Yuquan Village won't be able to keep it. ”

Pei Min pondered for a while and asked, "I take the liberty of asking, has the old village chief seen the evil dragon?" ”

The old village chief shook his head slowly and said: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but that evil animal really exists, old decay, old decay ......" Speaking of this, his tone became urgent, and he hammered the floor unwillingly and said: "The old son is the ......one who let it swallow it alive."

"I'm sorry!" Pei Min bowed his head apologetically.

The old village chief sighed: "My son's name is Yuxun, the word filial piety and humility, the name I gave him, his person is just like this name, very filial, very likable, and very intelligent, is the most proud student of Hexi Shilin Daru Ganxu." Gan Xu had high hopes for him, and hoped many times that he could go to Beijing in exchange for fame, and said that he would definitely be able to go to high school with his talent. But that stupid kid refused on the grounds that his parents were there and didn't travel far, what a silly boy, if he could listen to Gan Xu, maybe, maybe ......"

The old village chief seemed to confide in Pei Min again, and seemed to be talking to himself, and the whole person fell into a state of deep painful memories.

Pei Min didn't interrupt, but listened patiently.

"Hyo-hyun is stupid and stupid. He...... I think that the cause of the flooding of the black water is not the evil dragon, but the lack of friendly management, and there is no flood control facilities, as long as the flood control facilities are built, the flood disaster can be avoided. He said that he mobilized the people of the village to go to the river to build a dam. And then, and then ......"

He shook his head, wept, and couldn't go on, but said to himself, "Sometimes, I often think, that evil beast wants to eat, and it's good to eat me." Why do you eat my innocent son, and cause my family to be ruined? ”

Pei Min pondered for a moment and said, "Old village chief, I think your son is right. He was a brilliant and thoughtful man, if he hadn't been in misfortune. I would love to get to know him and even reuse him. It is remarkable to be able to abide by one's heart and not be moved by superstition in a place where rumors are spreading. ”

"Really!" The old village chief stared at Pei Min with wide eyes.

Pei Min nodded cautiously and said, "Really, I don't know if that monster beast is a dragon or not." But one thing is for sure, even if it is really a dragon, it does not have the ability to turn over the clouds. There are many reasons for the occurrence of floods, but dragons are by no means one of them. ”

Behind him, a descendant, Pei Min's words were loud.

How rain is formed, that's living things or some kind of nonsense.

Pei Min didn't pay attention to it every day, and he had already returned it to the teacher, but he vaguely remembered what water vapor evaporated, condensed in the sky, turned into clouds, and formed rain. Then the rain fell on the ground again, forming a cycle......

Of course, there are still many, many things in the world that cannot be explained by science, but what has been explained by science is not false.

The formation of clouds and rain is a law of nature, and it is definitely not influenced by dragons.

The flooding of black water is closely related to the environment, not to some evil dragon.

As for Yuxun's murder, it can only be said to be a coincidence.

It is because of this coincidence that what was originally superstitious becomes real and makes people even more afraid.

The old village chief suddenly laughed with his hands dancing and laughing: "Then my son is right, he shouldn't be infamy, he is right......"

It turned out that Yuxun was killed at the beginning, but then it was like a heavenly punishment.

Heavy rain poured down, and flooding came again.

The entire village blamed Yuxun for provoking the dragon, saying that he deserved it.

Not to mention that he died, he also caused the whole village to suffer.

directly led to the old village chief's wife couldn't stand the tragic death of her beloved son, and the double blow of verbal violence couldn't afford to get sick.

This incident has also become a knot in the old village chief's heart, and he also feels that his son's ignorance has harmed the villagers.

Now Pei Min said the words to correct his son's name, and the knot in his heart was untied.

Pei Min continued to ask: "Then may I ask those who have seen monsters, are they still in the village?" ”

The old village chief shook his head and said: "They have moved away a long time ago, they are worried about the retaliation of the evil animals, so they moved elsewhere early in the morning, it has been more than thirty years, where is there any news." ”

Pei Min asked again: "Are there still people in the village who know about monsters?" ”

The old village chief smiled bitterly and said: "Guogong doesn't know the situation in our village, and those who can leave are almost gone." Now there are only more than 30 households, and the total number of people is only more than 100. It's either old, or the Gu family, and they don't want to leave. In order to avoid the attack of evil animals, the village will offer some tribute every once in a while, and Dunhuang will also sympathize with us and will send some tribute sacrifices from time to time. All this time, the evil beast never attacked the village, and thought it was the reason for the tribute. But I don't know why, the evil animal actually came to the village. ”

Pei Min's heart moved, and he asked, "This is the first time that monsters have attacked the village?" ”

The old village chief nodded and said, "Yes, in my memory, the evil animals have been recorded several times near the black water. Or it is Heishui Village, a neighboring village, which is the first time for our village. ”

Pei Min hurriedly asked, "Where is the Heishui Village, and are there any people?" ”

The old village chief said: "There is no one for a long time, it was two years ago, the officials over there in Dunhuang forcibly moved them to other places. Because our side has not been attacked, we just let those who want to go, and those who don't want it have not been forced. I didn't think it would be our village's turn......"

Pei Min pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there a record of the time when the monster is infested?" That is, the account of his attacks on people, or animals. ”

"Yes!" The old village chief nodded and said, "There are a lot of them, so I'll go and find them for Guogong." ”

After thinking about it, Pei Min added another sentence: "Unless it is confirmed that it is a case of human theft, the cases of those missing people and livestock will also be found." ”

Pei Min was about to go with him to help, but saw Wang Xiaobai leading a woman over outside the hall.

Pei Min greeted him and asked Wang Xiaobai to give the old village chief a hand.

Looking at the woman who was still a little frightened, Pei Min first introduced himself: "Madam, under Pei Min, one of the two women last night was my unfinished wife, and the other was my future wife. I want to ask, what happened last night, do you remember what that monster looked like? ”

Gongsun Xi described the monster, but at that time, he was nearly ten steps away from the monster, and he could see a long black shadow in the dark night.

But it has the appearance of a dragon......

When the woman heard that it was the family of the benefactor who saved her life, she was moved to kneel down and kowtow again and again.

Pei Min asked the question again.

The woman said with a little horror: "The grass people remember very well, it was around the end of the day. The grass people and the grass people were going to sleep, and when they heard Ah Huang's call, they thought that a thief was coming. The man of the grass people took his fork and went, but after a while he heard his screams. The grass people thought something was wrong, and ran out with them, and saw them, and saw them......"

When she said this, her expression was frightened, and she said in a trembling voice: "It's a dragon, it's really a dragon!" The grass people's minds were blank, and they only remembered that it was a monster a few feet long, black, with scales on its body, scarlet eyes the size of lanterns, and horns on its head, and every year our husband and wife have to pay tribute to the dragon god, why does the dragon god still look for us......"

Pei Min thought about Gongsun Xi's description, the monster was black, and they couldn't see it clearly at night, and the eyes were green, not red, and he paused, and then asked, "What about your husband?" ”

The woman wiped away her tears and said, "He, he lost his soul in fright, and his soul was eaten by the evil dragon." ”

Pei Min looked at the sky that had already darkened, and called some soldiers, and asked them to gather all the people in the village, and at the same time gather cattle and sheep and other livestock, so as to facilitate protection, and let the woman go and bring her frightened husband over.

He patted his stiff face again, synthesized the information in his mind, and analyzed everything.

About a quarter of an hour later, Feng Changqing and Wan Wen led the soldiers back.

Pei Min greeted him and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

Wanwen and the others saluted Pei Min first, and then said, "We have been following the traces on the ground until we reach the Ganquan River." There was no trace of the water to be found, and the dragon's whereabouts were unknown. ”

Feng Changqing pointed to the three people who came together: "The three of them are the soldiers who went with Miss Gongsun." It's just that their footsteps are not as good as the Gongsun girl's Lisuo, and when they arrived, the Gongsun girl had already swept her tail, and the evil dragon was gone, except for the green eyes and the disgusting fishy smell, and they only saw the thick black shadow almost as thick as a bucket, and I don't remember how long it was. But the woman who had been victimized was the only one who had seen the monster and was sober. She said it was really a dragon! ”

Pei Min said categorically: "Her words are not credible, she should be frightened, and she brought the dragon in her memory into it, and she can't tell the truth from the false." The monster's eyes were green, but the woman spoke red. ”