A light fast boat sailed downwind on the water surface of the lake, Qian Shaobai stood on the bow of the boat, and what he could see was an endless yellow turbid water, and a roof could be faintly seen rising out of the water not far away.

"Boatman, what is that place?" Qian Shaobai asked about the boatman at the helm.

"It should be Songjia Village, right? Back then, it was a small fishing village, relying on Qingyang Lake to fish and harvest lotus roots. The boatman replied: "When the fishermen of Songjia Village entered the lake, they could often catch big fish weighing more than ten catties, and it is said that they were blessed by the fairy family in the lake." ”

Qian Shaobai was interested and asked, "The boat family believes that there is really an immortal family in Qingyang Lake?" ”

"Of course we countrymen who beg for food on the water believe it. If you can go ashore safely in the face of wind and waves, you must go to the temple to burn incense and thank you. The boatman sighed helplessly: "Alas, it's a pity that there was another big flood this year, flooding both sides of the Zujiang River, soaking in water for hundreds of miles, and many people died." ”

Qian Shaobai couldn't help but say: "There was such a catastrophe, but I didn't see the blessing of the immortal family. ”

"Don't be quiet." The boatman was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand: "The gods and ghosts of the fairy family are all spiritual, if they hear it, they may start a wave and overturn the boat." ”

Qian Shaobai had no choice but to keep silent, and the boatman saw that he looked like a scribe and scribe, with a bamboo basket at his feet, and asked curiously: "I don't know if the guest officer crossed the river to the south bank, did he go to join his relatives or had another business trip?" ”

"It's a business trip." Qian Shaobai dealt casually: "The boatman has something to say?" ”

The boatman smiled shyly: "Don't dare to offend the guest officer, look at this day, when you reach the south coast, it will be dark." In the past few years, the township has been strictly inspected, and if there is any idle wandering at night, he will be immediately arrested and sent to prison for a beating.

I'm afraid that the guest officer can't find the post house when he goes ashore, and it's not good to make a mistake and cause a misunderstanding in his busyness. It just so happens that my house is on the shore, there are a few clean guest houses, the mother-in-law at home cooks a good dish, the meat soup and soy milk, soy sauce and pickled plum are very delicious, why don't you come to my house for a night's rest? ”

Qian Shaobai thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's fine, it's bothering the boatman." ”

Looking at the vast water again, Qian Shaobai couldn't help but feel a little sad, since the drastic changes in Dongshengdu ten years ago, the catastrophe of Kunlun Continent has been endless year after year.

The ancestral river that traverses the three kingdoms of Yaochi, Youxiong and Huaxu has a flood almost every two years, followed by a great drought and locust plague one after another, and famine breaks out in successive counties.

This year, the Zujiang River flooded again, directly breaking the embankment built with huge amounts of national funds, and the flood flooded eight counties in one go, turning a radius of thousands of miles into a Zeguo.

So much so that in the middle reaches of the Zujiang River, there is not even a well-defined old river channel, which directly forms a vast river basin, and it takes nearly the whole day to travel by boat in the narrowest place.

If you go farther away, it is said that the rushing floods form large and small rivers and swamps, which become hiding places for bandits, and all kinds of demons are ready to move.

This is also said lightly, since the drastic changes in Dongshengdu, the number of all kinds of demons and ghosts has increased greatly, and the demon caves on the mountains that have been swept by the four immortals have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Not to mention the successive disasters, which have caused the people's livelihood to wither, and in some places the people have become thieves in villages and townships, and bandits are rampant everywhere for a while, and smoke is everywhere. The officers and soldiers of the imperial court were exhausted and had difficulty in cleaning them up.

In the current world, even the salaries of officers and soldiers are often insufficient, and wanton looting in the name of suppressing bandits has also occurred. The counties that are a little more stable are all strictly guarding the city gates and training the villagers, not only to guard against bandits, but also to guard against the officials and soldiers of the imperial court.

Looking at the surging river, Qian Shaobai remembered that he had been defeated in Huaxu Country back then, and he was not reprimanded afterwards, but was allowed to return to Tiancheng Mountain to comprehend the wonderful law. Because he had fought with Zhao Xiao, the Marquis of Zhenming, he also received a few words from the head of the house, and he benefited a lot.

It's just that when disasters occurred frequently, and chaos arose in the bear country, as a disciple of Shangjing Sect, Qian Shaobai couldn't allow Qian Shaobai to hide in the mountains to idle, and he could only go down the mountain again to get involved in the world.

After the ship docked, there was only a trace of sunshine left in the sky, and after Qian Shaobai landed on the shore, he followed the boatman to a shore guest house.

"There are a lot of houses nearby, why don't you see people and lights?" Qian Shaobai carried a bamboo basket on his back and said to the advisor.

The boatman smiled and said, "In the countryside, everyone rests early." ”

"Oh." Qian Shaobai replied lightly.

"Guest, please come in." The boat husband and wife stand against the door, although it is a thorn hairpin cloth skirt, but it also falls into the water and shines, the skin is as white as jade, and in the sultry season, the boat husband and wife are steamed out of a sweat bead, which is very attractive.

Qian Shaobai entered the guest house, and saw that although the furnishings in the house were not exquisite, they were neat, and even the bedding was soft and clean.

As soon as the bamboo basket was put down, the boat husband and wife came with the jar in their hands, smiling again and again: "Come, this is our home-brewed rice wine, although it is not as good as the plum wine of the high-ranking family, but it is also sweet and delicious." The guest officer sat on the boat for a day, presumably thirsty, so he ate a bowl first to moisten his throat. ”

Qian Shaobai looked at the turbid wine in the bowl, didn't move, and asked, "Doesn't the boss lady have to take care of the kitchen?" ”

"Don't worry about the guest officer, my man knows how to cook, and he will serve you food immediately." The boat husband and wife sat next to Qian Shaobai all of a sudden, Wen Xiang Nephrite leaned on her body, and her eyebrows flirted: "Could it be that the guest officer doesn't know how to drink?" Or the little girl feeds you? ”

Qian Shaobai smiled faintly, took the wine bowl, exhaled gently, blew away the rice dregs on the surface, and was about to take a sip in his mouth, when he turned his wrist, and the wine with a trace of true qi was splashed directly on the face of the boat wife.

The originally cool wine suddenly turned into boiling molten iron, burning the delicate face of the boat wife to the point of charred flesh and green smoke.

The husband and wife of the boat screamed and jumped away, their movements not like ordinary village women.

At this time, the boatman also rushed into the house, holding a harpoon, pointing at Qian Shaobai and scolding: "We are kind and kind to entertain, why do you want to poison you?" ”

"Poisoner?" Qian Shaobai sneered and got up, a jewel hung above his head, shining brightly, and the inn that originally seemed to be plain was like peeling off the skin, revealing the original face of damp decay and decay.

Qian Shaobai shook the wine jar with his sleeves, and there was turbid river water inside, and there were a few fine insects swimming, and mortals would definitely get sick if they drank it.

"Demon, do you want me to say more?" Qian Shaobai said coldly.

The boatman was once brightened by the orb, and a blurry phantom light appeared on his face, and his expression gradually became fierce: "When did you notice it?" ”

"Not to mention your yin and evil turbidity that has been eating flesh and blood for a long time, now both sides of the Zujiang River are full of Zeguo, even if it is really a boatman and fisherman, he can't entertain guests with wine and meat." Qian Shaobai is imposing.

The boatman and his wife no longer concealed it, and their bodies turned around, revealing a strange description of half man and half fish, with red spots, a huge fish head, and a mouth full of sharp teeth and bloodstains.

"Snakehead?" Qian Shaobai recognized the original body of the monster at a glance.

"Not bad!" The boatman's voice was hoarse, and he shouted outward, "Sons, let's get on together!" ”

After saying that, I saw a group of fish demons "rushing in" from the doors and windows, and surrounded Qian Shaobai in a blink of an eye, holding rusty and dilapidated blades in their hands, with greedy eyes in their eyes, as if they wanted to eat Qian Shaobai clean.

Qian Shaobai was surrounded by a group of demons, and his face still did not change: "Ten years ago, you monsters only dared to attack lone passers-by at most, if you saw a monk like me, you would have fled without a trace, but I didn't expect it to become more and more rampant now." ”

The head fish demon let out an ugly laugh: "I have long heard that the flesh and blood of immortal cultivators are delicious, and I have long wanted to taste it...... Sons, slash him into pieces! ”

The fish demons saw that they were about to rush up, Qian Shaobai suddenly raised his true anger, and the rainbow pearl bloomed with a large piece of needle rainbow light, which stabbed the fish demons and screamed, stinging all over their bodies, and hurriedly turned around and escaped.

At this time, a string of arrows broke through the air on the periphery of the guest house, knocking down the fish demon who had just rushed out of the guest house.

The fish demons originally planned to take advantage of the cover of the night to jump into the river and escape, but after being irradiated by the rainbow orb, the scales on their bodies emitted a bright rainbow light, lingering, and they were particularly conspicuous in the night.

"Put!"

With an order in the darkness, the rain of arrows shot again, and the tough scales that were not afraid of mortal iron were easily pierced by sharp arrows at this moment.

Arrows swung into the body, sharp and sharp rays swam around in the flesh and blood, and even if it wasn't for the death of an arrow, the fish demons fell to the ground and twitched.

"Up! Don't let any of them go! ”

Then there was a sound of swift footsteps, and dozens of warriors rushed forward with swords in hand, slashing the fallen fish demons one by one, with clean movements and no room for improvement.

At this time, the rainbow pearl also flew above, shining brightly, illuminating the riverbank area as if it was day, and the round of rainbow light spread outward, not allowing the slightest opportunity to hide and hide.

"How?" Qian Shaobai came to the riverbank with a bamboo basket in his hand, and the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, placing the corpses of the fish demons side by side, and counting the numbers.

"One hundred and twenty-six fish demons, all of them were killed, and not a single one ran away." Guan Shiping replied.

"Okay." Qian Shaobai nodded and said: "The corpse of the fish demon was directly burned into ashes by fire, so that the demon change occurred after the hungry people passing by ate it." ”

Guan Shiping ordered to go down, and Qian Shaobai confirmed that there were no other monsters in the vicinity, so he took back the orb, and heard the other party say: "Shaobai, don't take such a risk next time." Fortunately, these fish demons don't have much ability, if they run into a powerful demon in the future, setting up a bait will only put you in a dangerous situation, and we won't be able to save it when we want to. ”

"I think back then, you advocated charging into battle, why are you cautious now?" Qian Shaobai teased: "Could it be that if you are promoted, you will become life-saving?" ”

"What promotion? It's just a group of soldiers. Guan Shiping returned the sword to the sheath, and there was still a little complaint in his tone: "And the court only gave half of the money and food, just feeding my subordinates made me feel uncomfortable." ”

"That's why I took the initiative to act as a bait to lure this group of red snakeheads out, lest you send more people." Qian Shaobai lightly dusted off his robe, looked at the corpse of the fish demon that was piled up and set on fire, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Snakehead? Did Zujiang have this monster before? Guan Shiping asked.

Qian Shaobai nodded and said: "Yes, there is, the red snakehead has a vicious temperament and a fat body, and in the early years, it was in groups, and it once stopped the water army of Xiong Taizu and extorted blood and food. How could Taizu tolerate such evil? So he opened his bow and stretched his strings, rained down a rain of arrows, and killed most of them, and there was no movement for decades to come. Now, it seems, they still haven't made much progress. ”

"It's worthy of having a bear ancestor." Guan Shiping was yearning, and then he couldn't help but sigh: "But now these demons and demons are making a comeback, I heard that it is because of the drastic changes in Dongshengdu back then?" It seems that there are still a few big statues rushing out of the ground, causing disaster in all directions. ”

Qian Shaobai looked at the east: "People's hearts are insufficient, and their greed is excessive, so the three talents are unbalanced and all disasters are prevalent, causing the common people to sink into the world." ”

"It's not like you're saying that." Guan Shiping said.

Qian Shaobai, who was broken, smiled helplessly: "This is what the head told me before going down the mountain." At that time, Dongshengdu changed drastically, and it is rumored that the cause was that Liang Tao, the national teacher of Huaxu State, vainly tried to achieve the supreme god of Shinto, but it backfired.

Liang Tao died on the spot, not to mention, but also implicated the landslide and ground cracks in the area of Dongshengdu, and the land sank into the sea. The primeval turbidity under the sealed underground erupted and spread between the heavens and the earth, and the turbidity was confused, resulting in all kinds of catastrophes.

And those mountain and wild demons who have not obtained the authentic immortal law transmission are already full of turbidity, such as the turbidity between today and the earth, they have a sense, and their cultivation of mana can be described as a thousand miles a day. is so weak and turbid, which naturally prompts the demons to be restless and reckless. ”

"Liang Tao?" Guan Shiping remembered the past and asked, "Do you remember when I went to Huaxu Country with you to buy fabrics?" ”

"Of course I do." Qian Shaobai raised his hand and fanned the wind, and the fish demon's corpse was burned and there was an unpleasant smell, so he avoided it and said, "You want to talk about Zhao Xiao, right?" It is reported that he took refuge in Liang Tao, but died in the lungs of the mountain. ”

"Take refuge in Liang Tao? What does this man think? Guan Shiping laughed and said: "Wasn't he famous for opening the altar and patrolling the territory and leveling the powerful in Huaxu back then?" Chongxuan's four surnames were all pressed by him so that he couldn't raise his head, but in the end he took refuge in Liang Tao? ”

"The specific inside story, we don't know if we stay out of the matter." Qian Shaobai shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands.

In fact, every time he thinks of Zhao Xiao, Qian Shaobai can't help but shudder in his heart, in a short fight ten years ago, he was defeated in front of Zhao Huang in a blink of an eye, and his life was almost to stay in Huaxu Kingdom.

Zhao Xiao's ferocity and majesty are still unforgettable, so that when he was cultivating in the mountains, he occasionally gave birth to all kinds of illusions to disturb his mind, making Qian Shaobai uneasy.

"This thought has become a knot in my heart, and I can't solve it when I sit in the mountains." Qian Shaobai remembered the teachings of the head of the family, Han Yuanzi: "If you want to penetrate this pass, you should be in the middle of the matter, not in the mountains." It just so happened that Fang Yuanzi wanted you to go down the mountain to do errands, just by chance. I see that you should be in the Xun position, the wind and the water, this time down the mountain, the opportunity to break the customs should be in the southeast mountains and rivers. ”

"How far is this place from the Twelve Villages of Shiliang?" Qian Shaobai asked.

Guan Shiping replied: "There are more than 100 miles to the southeast, but the road is not easy to walk, and this area is full of potholes and swamps, not patches of water, and there is no way to sail." The exposed ground is mostly muddy, and it is difficult to walk quickly with a baggage. ”

"Are there any market towns nearby?" Qian Shaobai said.

"There should be a few villages in the south, but at the moment, it is estimated that they are all fortified and heavily guarded." Guan Shiping said: "And I'm worried that these thieves in the Twelve Villages of Shiliang are secretly colluding with the nearby people, and we have not started to suppress the bandits, and the news has reached the ears of the thieves." This is very detrimental to the war. ”

Qian Shaobai played with the jewel in his hand and said, "Since this is the case, I will come forward to spy on the news." ”

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