Early the next morning, several people met in Mu Qianqing's courtyard, and when they walked to the entrance of Mu Qingfeng's mountain gate, Mu Qianli bowed to Mu Qingfeng three times because it was the first time he left Mu Qingfeng to travel.

Before Edgeworth flew, Mu Qianju suddenly looked at Qianxue and asked, "Little junior sister, did you go to my master's yard yesterday?"

Qianxue poked her head out from behind Mu Qianqing with a weak heart, and returned with a smile: "Yes!"

Mu Qianju immediately showed a strange expression, very helpless.

"Did she do anything?" Mu Qianqing looked at Qian Jue and asked.

Qian Jue said helplessly: "Senior sister has looted my master's loquat tree. ”

Burst... Mu Qiankong on the side laughed, and said while laughing: "Senior Sister Qianxue, you are so bold, the loquat from the second master, I almost dare not think about it except for being able to eat it once a year, you are good, you just picked it all, you are really amazing." ”

Qianxue stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Anyway, the koi are all following me, Quanmu Qingfeng is the best for the two of us, we are both gone, why don't you take off the loquat tree and keep it? It will rot, what a waste." ”

Seeing that she was still saying something vibrant, Mu Qianqing turned her head, looked at her, and saw that she smiled mischievously at herself, so she could only shake her head helplessly, there was nothing she could do.

The group of people flew with the sword, and Qianxue wrapped the sword in cloth, carried it on her back, and stood behind Mu Qianqing, her black hair and red hairband flying with the wind of hunting.

Near dark, they came to a place called Wanshui Town, which was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery was very unique, a river passed by the town, and when they entered the village, they could see the small wharf by the river.

"Mu Qianqing, have you ever been on a boat?" asked Qianxue as she looked at the boat that had just set off.

Mu Qianqing followed her gaze and glanced over there, and said, "Sitting, it's not as good as you imagined." ”

Qianxue retracted her gaze and asked strangely, "How do you know what I think?"

Mu Qianqing glanced at her, turned her head and whispered, "Your eyes are lit up." "If it wasn't better to think about it, how could it be like this?

Hearing his words, Qianxue couldn't help but roll her eyes, followed him with a smile, and asked, "Can we walk a little waterway?" she really wanted to try what it was like to be on a boat.

The corners of Mu Qianqing's mouth raised slightly, deliberately not speaking, Qianxue begged on the side: "Just sit for half a day, we will fly with the sword tomorrow afternoon, and it won't delay much." "It's still early days before the Yellow Springs Waterfall is calm, even if you play on the road for a few days.

Before Mu Qianqing nodded in agreement, he heard a sigh not far from the side, and a middle-aged man cried with a sad face, complaining: "Oh, what can I do, I will leave the ship tomorrow, if I can't deliver the goods the day after tomorrow, I will definitely be deducted, why is there an accident at this time?"

Another tall man with a beard also said: "Yes! In previous years, I only heard about the lake monster in May, but this year, why did it come out in March to make trouble?"

The two men shook their heads and sighed as they chatted, obviously both in the water business.

"Isn't it time for us to go out?" Qianxue's eyes brightened, and she looked at Mu Qianqing with a look of eagerness.

Listening to the conversation between the two people just now, it is obvious that in this generation, there are water monsters causing trouble, and since they are out to travel, they naturally have to take care of whatever demons and monsters they encounter, not only will they manage the demons and monsters, but they will also take care of the evil people who commit murder.

Mu Qianqing stretched out her finger and flicked her forehead lightly, and said, "Rest for one night first, and take the waterway tomorrow." ”

Qianxue cheered, but heard Mu Qiankong behind her say: "Senior brother, you are so used to her, be careful of her lawlessness in the future." ”

Qian Xueden turned around, grimaced at him, and said, "If you make more noise, I'll use you as bait tomorrow, hum!"

Mu Qiankong immediately covered his mouth and took two steps back, he was really afraid that Qianxue would use him as bait tomorrow, although things like river monsters are generally big fish and turtles, but who knows what kind of goods this river monster that haunts every year is!

Who would have expected that Mu Qianli, who had never spoken much, suddenly smiled and said: "Third Senior Brother, you are so stupid, the little junior sister is the senior brother's own junior sister, and it is useless to sow discord." ”

Before Mu Qiankong could refute, he heard Mu Qianju say: "Moreover, you can't beat the little junior sister, I really don't know where the courage to provoke came from." ”

Mu Qiankong set his eyes on Mu Qianju again, pointed at what he was about to say, and heard Mu Qianli say: "The most important thing is that Senior Brother will not pay attention to him!"

Mu Qiankong was about to be angry with a few of them, stretching out his finger to point at this and then at that, covering his chest, feeling like he was going to shut himself.

Qianxue glanced at a few of them on the other hand, then grabbed Mu Qianqing's arm with one hand, and laughed so hard that the flowers and branches trembled, and the silver bell-like laughter spread far away.

Early the next morning, several people went to the hall of the inn for breakfast, Mu Qiankong offended Qianxue yesterday, in order to avoid being a fish food today, he could only go to the counter to inquire about the news, to curry favor with Qianxue.

He first took out a small piece of silver ingot from his purse and put it on the counter, and asked with a smile: "Shopkeeper, when I came here yesterday evening, I heard that the waterway has not been safe recently, is it true?"

As soon as the shopkeeper saw the silver, his eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly put away the silver ingot, put it into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, even if you ask me, even if you ask the right person, I have opened an inn here for more than ten years, and I know all about this near and far." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced around, and only after finding that there were few people did he say: "This incident happened about five or six years ago in May, about after the middle of May, and suddenly one day several boats engaged in water business had an accident, one boat fell down one person, and the other boat was two, according to the people on their boat, it was because the boat was hit by a big fish, and the people on the boat fell. ”

"What kind of fish is it?" Mu Qiankong frowned, wanting to know more details.

The shopkeeper shook his head and continued, "This is the strange thing, it stands to reason that if it is a fish, it should not be wrong, but a few days later, a fishing boat said that they saw a huge turtle. Since that time, no one has seen it again, and nothing has happened to the ships that followed, but the next year, or that time, four or five people died because something attacked the ships, and all of them were dead without seeing anyone alive or dead. ”

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper sighed and said: "In the future, there will be accidents every year at that time, and the number of people who die will increase every year, who knows that this year is actually advanced, alas!"

"Did the accident happen yesterday this year?" Mu Qiankong asked again.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Yes, five died yesterday, and eight died last year. ”

Mu Qiankong asked again: "There was such a strange thing in your town, so you didn't invite someone to come?"

But the shopkeeper said: "Who said that no one was invited? It's strange that every year when people are invited, they return empty-handed, and they don't even see the shadow of the river monster. ”

Mu Qiankong nodded, showed a smile to the shopkeeper, and said, "Today will be over." After saying that, he stopped talking and left directly.

Coming to the table where Qianxue and the others were sitting, Mu Qiankong raised his chopsticks and repeated to them the news he had just heard while eating breakfast.

"The number of people increases every year?" Mu Qianqing frowned, feeling that this matter might not be as simple as he imagined.

Mu Qiankong nodded: "Yes, it will increase every year, I don't know if it's because the monsters in the river are growing up every year so the amount of food increases, or because the monsters in the river are simply artificial." Although he usually looks like he is not doing his job, he is actually not stupid at all, knowing that in addition to demons and monsters in this world, in fact, the most terrible thing is the human heart, once people have desires, they are more terrible than demons and monsters.

Qianxue also nodded in agreement: "Well, I think maybe the chance of being artificial will be much greater." ”

"Why?" Chitoru looked at her, wondering why she had come to such a conclusion.

Qianxue took a small sip of porridge before saying: "Since it is a water monster in the river, it is big enough to make the ship that transports goods shake violently, and it has been seen by people, so naturally it will not be mistaken, but some people say that it is a giant turtle, and in broad daylight, it is almost impossible to distinguish between fish and turtles." ”

Mu Qianqing also nodded: "Well, and the river monster disappears after the incident every year, and there is no trace of it even in normal times, isn't it strange?"

Several people nodded one after another, and Mu Qianju asked, "What does Senior Brother mean, is this river monster man-made?"

Mu Qianqing nodded, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "Hurry up and eat! After eating, let's rent a fishing boat, didn't the shopkeeper say that the number of people this year is not enough? Since it is not enough, it means that the river monster will still appear, and what is going on, you will know when you see the river monster." ”

Qianxue asked Mu Qianqing while eating: "Why did the river monster come out early to eat people this year?"

Mu Qianqing pondered for a while and said, "It's possible, this so-called river monster is about to advance." "To advance, you need a lot of energy, and if people are its energy, then coming out at this time shows this. ”

After eating, a few people asked the shopkeeper where there were fishing boats for rent, and when a few people looked for it, they found that there were not many boats at the ferry yesterday and stopped a lot of boats today.

They rented a boat at a high price, and then Mu Qiankong and Mu Qianxi rowed, and the rest of the people stood at the bow of the boat to watch the movement on the water.

"Alas, I didn't expect it to be used as bait!" Mu Qiankong sighed as he sat there paddling.

Mu Qianli glanced at him and said, "Third Senior Brother, you should be content! At least you are not alone as a bait, everyone is here!"

When Mu Qiankong heard him say this, he threw his eyes on him with a swish, and asked with a thoughtful expression: "Qianxi, tell me honestly, when did you become so eloquent?" In his impression, this little junior brother has always been silent, but in the past few days, he has suddenly spoken sharply, and he can't compare.

Mu Qianli was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "I used to be young and ignorant, so I have to say less, the master said, and I said less and made fewer mistakes." After speaking, she glanced at him.

This glance at Mu Qiankong was as if he was pressed by a big stone in his heart, blocked in one breath, and he couldn't speak.