Chapter 93: The Sinking River
Xia Wenjin's voice was crisp, but with a penetrating power.
The Huangfu Jingchen next to him sank, his eyes swept over, and the villagers all felt as if they had suddenly entered winter around them, and their backs were cold. Especially those who met the eyes of Huangfu Jingchen, they felt that their whole body was frozen, and they couldn't even move. It wasn't until he looked away that the pressure was gone.
is such a big official, if it is not really a bad person, how can there be such momentum?
Wang Dazhu didn't dare to say a word!
The villagers who secretly poked and poked and wanted to quietly leave with Wang Dazhu and sink Wang Damiang to the river god were also frightened, if someone moved, the entire Hekou Village would have to sit together, who would dare to move?
Still, these villagers feel unsure.
They have already figured out the matter, the monks and masters have all said that it is the river god who marries his daughter-in-law, no matter how big the official power is, after all, he is a mortal, can a mortal be compared with a god?
There are no school-age daughters at home, especially those who have teenage daughters who have not left the cabinet, and they are even more uneasy.
They didn't go back, they followed the old man Mura Zheng, and surrounded the Huangfu Jingchen and Xia Wenjin to the village Zheng's house.
There are a lot of people, and there are many people who want to explain the situation, and they look at the two of them with suspicion. If you are timid, when you see such a formation, you have to be scared and your legs are weak.
However, the environment in which Huangfu Jingchen has lived since he was a child, even thousands of troops practiced in front of him, and even went with the soldiers to encircle and suppress local bandits, and he had seen bloody and bloody winds, such a scene was completely unsightly.
And Xia Wenjin, even if she has no experience in her previous life, Haotianzhai Jianghu Hawker, although she is young, she has a lot of vision, and she will not take it seriously.
Originally, there were still doubts about the identities of the two, but at this time they completely believed it.
Not to mention the official authority shown by the two of them before, it is such a calm and calm posture, a calm and calm look, and no weakness, where can a liar do this?
As he walked, the village said: "The official who came last time didn't seem to be the two, our Hekou Village is located in a remote and barren area, and the official has worked hard!" ”
This is a temptation!
Xia Wenjin glanced at him, his eyes were both superior and a little displeased, and said, "The last time I came, it was the county officer, right?" How do we know them? ”
Hearing her tone, Muramasa became more and more cautious: "Then I don't know where the two officials come from?" ”
Xia Wenjin opened his mouth and came: "The county magistrate has already reported the disappearance of the woman in Hekou Village to our Futai people, and the Futai people feel that the matter is serious, so they sent the two of us to investigate. ”
It turned out to be someone from the house, no wonder the shelf was so big, Muramasa was shocked, and he was still a little suspicious, and said: "Did the two officials come by horse, or by car?" ”
"Naturally, I was riding a horse, and I originally wanted to stay in the inn for the night, and come early tomorrow morning. No, that Wang Yue'e passed by the inn while crying and shouting, and we wanted to come and have a look. She complained: "I knew that it was so far, I should have followed it on horseback, and my leg was about to break." ”
Muramasa and the rest of the group listened to it, and there were no more doubts. After all, this Wang clan's cry can be heard from afar.
The village is at the head of the village, with four large houses, but it is also spacious. He led them into the house and called for someone to make tea.
Some of the villagers were bold enough to follow into the house, but most of them were standing in the courtyard.
Xia Wenjin walked in with a big grin, sat down in the first place, and said condescendingly: "Muramasa, you tell me what happened as it is!" Only when Bencha understands the situation can we find out the truth! ”
The village chief sighed and said: "This matter is a long story, more than two months ago, Wang Dazhu's married sister suddenly returned to the village and made a big noise, saying that her daughter Liuya came to her uncle's house, and she didn't go back for a day, and she was gone. But we live in the village, some people enter the village, how can they not know, Yue'e's girl is also a miserable life, Xianggong died of illness, life is difficult, Wang Dazhu helps from time to time, many times Liuya comes to carry some food to eat back, we all know each other. But that day, Liuya really didn't enter the village. ”
"Yue'e doesn't believe it, after all, she lost her daughter. Wang Dazhu was also very anxious, and after telling me about this, he asked me for help, and I thought that it was not that Liuya'er had some kind of accident on the road, so I called the people in the village to look for it together. From the city to the village, seven or eight miles away, the people in the village almost turned over the rat hole, but they didn't find it. In the end, we found a shoe by the river, and we guessed if the child had accidentally fallen into the river while playing in the water. ”
"The villagers went to the river to fish, but they still didn't catch anything. Yue'e didn't follow, and came to make trouble the next day. Something strange happened the next night, the girl of the Huang family at the end of the village, who was only thirteen years old, also disappeared that night. ”
"Next, Yue'e will make trouble every three or five times, as long as Yue'e comes to make trouble, a girl will be missing in our village after a while. No matter how you defend it, how you defend it, it's useless! Within a month, five girls disappeared in a row. The villagers were scared, thinking that Yue'e was just a broom spirit, who came to harm the girls in the village. They blocked the entrance to the village and prevented Yue'e from returning. This Yue'e lost her six girls, and soon she went crazy, and she didn't listen to persuasion, she didn't hear about it, and she went crazy and went to the village to make trouble, and the next morning, she forgot everything, which really disturbed the peace in the village! ”
Xia Wenjin said lightly: "So your village will send someone to guard the road to the village at night, as long as you see Wang Yue'e, knock her out and let her sleep in the wild for one night?" ”
Muramasa coughed lightly to hide his discomfort, and looked at Xia Wenjin's gaze with some surprise, as if it was strange that he knew these inside information. But he didn't hide it, nodded, and sighed: "If she comes once, one will be missing in our village." Who can afford to go on like this? You have also seen it, sir, there are only fifty or sixty families in our village, and there are no seven girls left. We also saw her pitiful, but we just made her faint and didn't hurt her. When she wakes up the next day, she forgets about it and goes back! ”
There was a man next to him: "Official, there is nothing to check, the county lord also sent someone to check, and found the girls' objects in the river, and the monks and masters said that it was the river god looking for a daughter-in-law." This river god is looking for a daughter-in-law, can we resist? As long as you don't let the Wang family make trouble again, she is diligent, and the river god is diligent in finding his daughter-in-law, if she doesn't make trouble, the river god will forget about it! ”
The villagers also nodded their heads, all agreeing with this statement.
They gossiped, saying that those girls were forced to take a fancy to the river god, and there was no need to investigate this matter, they just wanted to control Aunt Wang, and some people proposed that Aunt Wang sink into the river to make amends to the river god.