"Engaged in adulthood," Xia Fan frowned and said, he knew that if he didn't say it at this time, he would never have a chance to say it again, "The evil in Gaoshan County, will it be too strange?"

"Do you mean that two ghosts suddenly appeared? ”

"Exactly! As far as Xia Guan knows, this is probably an unnatural death in Gaoshan County, and there are more than one or two cases, otherwise such a powerful evil cult would not have formed!" he decided to simply say the truth, "If we can know about this situation in advance and prepare early, the team leader and Yue Feng will not lose their lives!"

"I understand your reluctance, but this is the mission of the alchemist. The Privy Council only acted against evil spirits, and now that the evil spirits have been eliminated, the task is completed for the government. "What's more, the unnatural death you mentioned is just speculation. Gaoshan County has four villages, with a large field to the west and dense mountains to the east, so no matter what accidents happen, it is normal. Do you think you can grasp all the situation with just one governor?"

Xia Fan hesitated, "No." ”

"Yes, no. Yuan Cheng sighed, "Wanderers, bandits, pirates, and demons, these things are causing tragedy all the time, and we can only take action against the last one." Dealing with evil spirits is full of variables, and the only way to be truly foolproof is to improve your adaptability and magic strength. ”

"In other words, does the Privy Council only destroy the evil that has already appeared?"

"Otherwise, what else can you do? Resettling the displaced people and exterminating the bandits is something that the government needs to deal with, and you still want to insert your hand into the six departments of the imperial court?" the other party's tone was already vaguely impatient, "We are already about to be regarded by those scholars as a new hidden danger after the foreign dynasty and the anti-private guard, and it is better to interfere less in matters that are not under our own control." Taking a step back, even if there are those unnatural deaths you mentioned, they should be dealt with by the local magistrate. Let's go down!"

Xia Fan had no choice but to leave the lobby of the Command Department.

Outside, Wei Wushuang and the others were waiting for him.

"How is it, did the adults say anything?" As soon as he came out, the townsfolk immediately greeted him, "I feel so stressed in front of him, I just said what I thought in my head, and I couldn't even cover it up a little." ”

Xia Fan shook his head, "This matter ends here." ”

"Huh......" Wei Wushuang let out a sigh, "I'll just say Brother Xia, you think too much, if there is really the kind of thing you said, the locals should always reveal something......, right?"

"You know a fart!Anning?Anning to run out of two ghosts?" Wang Renzhi spat on the ground - Luo You'er was not there, and he didn't seem to be too lazy to maintain the image of his son-in-law, "If it weren't for Lao Tzu's big life, he would have lost it there this time!

"But weren't you the only one who asked the people of the county at that time? If you really want to kill seven or eight people in vain, there will be no movement in the county at all?" After a week of getting along, Wei Wushuang has gradually been able to go back and forth with Wang Gongzi, "The Yuan Ghost killed two families, and the streets and alleys were talking, but no one mentioned that there was a grievance recently. ”

"It could also be a thief in the mountains. ”

"If someone in the county is missing. Compared with unnatural death, disappearance is also a big deal, not to mention that I don't know if there are any bandits near Gaoshan County. ”

"You gave me a reason for the veto so quickly! Those two ghosts can't have jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, right?"

"Wang Gongzi, you are too embarrassed for me by what you say. ”

"If you can't think of it, shut up, this son takes the risk for no reason, someone has to come out and be responsible!"

"Don't make any noise!" Xia Fan said angrily.

Wei Wushuang was okay, Wang Renzhi rarely did not refute, "I'm not looking for the culprit......"

"What are you going to do?" Shangguan Cai, who had been watching coldly, began.

Xia Fan was silent.

After leaving the lobby of the Ling Ministry, he would always unconsciously think of the scene he saw at the gate of the Xue family's compound.

Six anomalous events in three years, and the people of the county knelt down and begged not to let the Privy Council interfere in the matter of eliminating the evil again.

And after he chased after him with the money, the other party first showed disgust, until it turned into a look of disbelief.

What went wrong?

As monks who destroy evil spirits, shouldn't they be respected and loved?

No...... They do have reasons for disgust.

Because the alchemists never really cut off the evil spirits.

At least not in Gaoshan County.

And is it really just a coincidence that there are so many evil here?

After a long time, he replied, "I'm going to go to Gaoshan County again." ”

"Brother Xia......" Wei Wushuang looked worried.

"I'll go with you!" Wang Renzhi suddenly came to his senses, "Anyway, there are three days off, and this matter will not be investigated, and I will write it upside down! I have a hunch that this matter will become the starting point of my world-shaking fame!"

"Hey...... In that case, then I'll go too. The fellow scratched his head, "Although I can't help anything." ”

"What about you?" Xia Fan looked at Shangguan Cai.

"To be honest, I'm not very interested. She shrugged, "But I like that little girl a lot—if I can find out what caused this evil incident, I can go for it." ”

Seeing that everyone was willing to go, Xia Fan couldn't help but feel a little more confident, "Then without further ado, we will meet at the gate of the Privy Council in half an hour!"

......

Back at the residence, Li was already waiting for him at home.

"I'm sorry to let you go back and forth alone," Xia Fan said hello and began to pack his package, "I'm going to go to Gaoshan County again, there is no evil threat this time, you just wait for me here." ”

"Don't go. Li shook his head.

“...... What?" Xia Fan unexpectedly stopped what he was doing—it was the first time he had heard such a clear dissuasion from the other party.

"Don't pursue this anymore," she repeated, "and it won't do you any good." ”

"You...... Do you know something?" Xia Fan said in surprise.

"The Privy Council thinks this should be over, right?"

"Yes. ”

"I don't know about the situation in Goyama County, but I know the Privy Council. Li lowered his ears, "Master has said that everything they do has a reason for it, and no one is allowed to question it. Although this is not Shangyuan, I don't think it will make much difference. Since they think that's the end of it, you'd better do what they want. ”

"But I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. ”

"What can you do if you figure it out?" Li seemed a little impatient, "There are only two results, either you don't get the answer, or you can't accept the answer." Either way, it's worse than not knowing – because you can't change the status quo. ”

Xia Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, he didn't expect the fox demon to say such a thing for a while.

"I thought you never cared about authority. ”

"It's not because—" Li paused in the middle of his speech, "because...... It may hinder the rescue of my master. ”

"I'm not going to go against the Privy Council, you want to go there. Xia Fan smiled dumbly, "If something is really found, I don't necessarily have to solve the problem through the Privy Council, there is also the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion above the Gaoshan County Ya." ”

"Are you going to report to the police?"

"You don't even have to go yourself. It's not easy for the Privy Council to intervene, and the government will never turn a blind eye to this case, right?" Xia Fan looked directly into the other party's pale golden eyes and said, "Besides, if you haven't even been in contact with the facts, how can you know if you can change it?" You should know this truth best."

"Me?"

He grinned, "If you hadn't chosen to cooperate with me, you wouldn't have found that the fox demon and the Fang Shi could coexist. ”

This time, Li was silent for a long time, and finally she sighed helplessly, and then packed up her things, "I know, but I also want to go with me." ”

"Are you sure? This time the main thing is to track down the source of the evil spirit, and there will be no danger. ”

"Who knows. Li looked noncommittally to the west, and said in a voice that only he could hear, "Evil has never been the most terrible thing......