In the afternoon of the same day, the county seat of Gaoshan.

"Yawn ......"

Because of the sleepless night, and the continuous hurry, even the Fang Shi couldn't help but feel a little sleepy. Wei Wushuang patted his cheek and cheered up, "It's finally here again—although we want to find out the source of the evil spirit, how do we go about it?"

"You book your accommodation for tonight, and I'll go find an acquaintance to find out the situation. Xia Fan looked left and right for a moment, and then walked towards the corner of the street.

"Do you have any acquaintances here?" asked Wang Renzhi in surprise.

"Well, I met the day I got rid of the ghosts. ”

"Brother Xia, is that inn okay yesterday?"

Xia Fan didn't look back, and directly gave a thumbs up to show that he had received it.

Passing through the street with few people, he turned into the alley, and Li who was waiting here one step ahead followed side by side, and handed over a hat of the same style.

Xia Fan didn't stop, and asked while putting on his hat, "No one noticed you on the road, right?"

"No, this isn't my first time traveling. But do you need to wear this? There's nothing to hide, so I'm going to have to prepare an extra one. ”

"This is called identity equipment, since we want to investigate this matter secretly, naturally we can't wear the official uniform of the Privy Council. ”

"And what are we now?"

Xia Fan glanced at the fox demon whose face was half-covered under the black veil, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "How is the chivalrous man?"

Li was stunned for a long time before shaking his head and muttering, "I always feel that you have unrealistic fantasies about me and yourself." ”

"What did you say?"

She looked away, "No, nothing. Have you figured out how to do it?"

"Not yet, but in the past three years there have been six evil incidents that require the Privy Council, and it is indeed strange that they are all concentrated in one county. You've told me that evil doesn't happen for no reason, and I asked the locals if there have been no major disasters in the past three years, and it's been a good thing. Xia Fan analyzed, "Since such frequent evil spirits have made some people miserable, then maybe we can ask some information from their mouths that we have ignored." ”

It didn't take much effort for him to find a county resident that he had "sponsored" the day before yesterday.

"Hello, is there anyone in the house?" Xia Fan knocked on the door.

"Who's it...... please?" came an old voice from inside.

"I'm Xia Fan, I don't know—"

"Ah, it's Eun Gong!" the door soon opened, and standing inside the door was a wrinkled old man of about sixty years old—in this day and age, a man of this age could be called to live a long life, "thanks to your help, my land can be saved." Hurry in, come in, come in! Aren't you bad today?"

"I happen to be off today, is Chow Tai Fook not at home?" he vaguely remembered that the name of the person being funded should have been called.

"My son is still busy in the fields, and Engong has something to look for him?"

It turned out that this person was Chow Tai Fook's father, Xia Fan said in his heart, and at the same time he noticed the high cocoons on the other party's fingers, as well as the brown and yellow skin exposed outside his clothes. Obviously, the old man had also worked in the fields for a long time, but now he was too old to take on the heavy manual work.

"I just wanted to ask him about it. ”

"Oh hehe, then you ask me the same, I grew up here, Dafuku knows, I must know. ”

"So bothered. ”

"Hey, what are you doing so politely, I'm in this small place, I'm afraid I've wronged Engong. ”

"I'll be at the door. Li La lowered the brim of her hat and glanced at Xia Fan.

Xia Fan nodded, bent down and walked into the house.

The air around them suddenly became much cooler, and there was not much light inside, except for a few faint rays of light spilling in from the roof. The feet are uneven, and it is clear that the ground has not been treated, and the dirt from which the house was built is still retained. However, after decades of stepping on it, its surface has become pitch black and solid.

As the old man said, this room is indeed not big, the hall is only three or four meters square, and a set of dilapidated cabinets and square tables have to be stuffed. Even if you add the back room, firewood room and latrine, it is estimated that it will not be very spacious. And from this ancient furniture furnishings, it is enough to estimate their family level, it is difficult to imagine that the other party is a person who has worked here all his life.

"Engong, I don't have tea here, only well water to drink. ”

"Water will do the trick. Xia Fan casually found a chair and sat down.

He staggered and scooped a bowl of water, handed it to Xia Fan, and then returned to the threshold and sat down, "Engong, what do you want to ask?"

"I mainly want to know about the evil spirit, do you remember what unusual things have happened in the past few years? ”

"Hmm...... I'll have to think about it. The old man pondered for a moment and then began to slowly recount the evil events in Gaoshan County, although his speech was slow, his words were quite clear, and it sounded not difficult to understand. This lecture lasted more than two hours, spanning nearly eight years.

And throughout the story, Xia Fan didn't get much information about the abnormal death. In addition to the regular deaths such as death from old age and illness, the deaths and injuries caused by neighborhood disputes, petty theft, and cheating mentioned by the old man are also extremely limited, and they have basically been dealt with quickly by Huzhi County. If you put aside the collection of the "evil tax", Hu Huairen can be regarded as a diligent parent official.

Wei Wushuang was really right—except for the fact that it was often invaded by evil spirits, there were hardly any waves in his life.

Could it be that this place is inherently suitable for breeding and cultivating?

No, the evil is not a feng shui theory, but it is really caused by qi, even if it is a cycle of repeated great wilderness nights, it has to be established on tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dead.

And Chow Tai Fook's father continued to talk about evil and harmful things.

"Push it back, that's sixteen years ago...... Daifuku was just a baby. At that time, it seemed that the river was overflowing, and a water ghost washed us up......"

"Wait," Xia Fan suddenly noticed something unusual, "The last time eight years ago, was it sixteen years ago?"

"I can't be mistaken, Daifuku was born not long ago, and now he is seventeen years old. ”

"And then—and further?"

"Well," said the old man, with a pensive expression, "it's hard to remember, but it's been five or six years at least." ”

That's a lot of frequency, isn't it?

Xia Fan estimated in his heart, if you count the evil incidents mentioned by the other party, that is, there were only two from eight years ago to twenty years ago, and there are eleven from eight years ago to now, and the further they go, the more concentrated they are, for example, six in the last three years.

What's going on?

"So...... Gaoshan County hasn't seen many evil cults before?"

"Not really," the old man rubbed his neck, "I had a lot when I was young, and I probably had more than ten years of stable life in between." However, it was better than now, at least there was no evil tax, and if the officials of the Privy Council were too busy, we would have pooled the money to invite the more famous Taoist governors in the state to eliminate the disaster, but now, alas, ......" he sighed deeply, "There are not many good people like you anymore. ”