is different from the busy Jiang He and Chen Xianglan.

Li is just an ordinary person, and he has not been involved in Buddhism.

He followed Jiang He to travel all over the world, really just to travel and learn painting, and everywhere he went, he would look for his favorite place and paint and sketch.

It's the same in Yinjiang City.

As soon as I arrived at the place, I was intoxicated by the magnificent river scenery, and ran to the riverside with a painting basket on my back all day to sketch, depicting the surging river with a brush.

As a result, within a few days, Li's behavior took a turn for the worse.

One day, he came to the riverside with great interest, and was about to continue to hone his painting skills, but was attracted by a woman-

The woman was dressed modestly and carried a wooden bucket to wash clothes by the river.

It looks quite ordinary, but it makes Painter Li stunned in place.

"Yun Niang ......"

I don't know how long it has been, but he came back to his senses, but he sighed softly.

"Yun Niang has been gone for ten years, what am I thinking......

As he said to Gu Shi at the beginning, more than ten years ago, he also married a wife and started a family.

But his wife was weak, and when she was about to give birth, she had an accident and couldn't survive.

Although the young son was temporarily saved, he was also congenitally deficient like his mother and died young.

The continuous experience of losing his wife and children made Master Li exhausted and turned away the matchmaker, and there has been no continuation of the string.

At this time, he saw some shadows of his deceased wife on the body of the washerwoman by the river.

However, Painter Li didn't think much about it, otherwise he wouldn't be alone so far.

He put this matter behind him and continued to paint, but he couldn't calm down, and his mind always flashed back to the old days.

Until the next day, he saw the washerwoman again at the same time and in the same place, and his mood naturally calmed down.

Through this calm, he reimmersed himself in painting.

By the end of the day, the washerwoman had already returned, and he awoke from his state of steady, and looked at the paintings he had painted today, and found that he had improved again.

It's just that compared to the picture scroll, his heart is more satisfied.

It's like going back to the comfortable time when he was painting at home and his wife was grinding ink beside him.

[In the name of painting, you learned about the situation from the mouth of the Yinjiang family, and you gained a little. 】

[Returning to his residence, he saw that Painter Li returned from sketching, not only was he in a complete state of mind, but the paintings he painted also made up for the defects and made great improvements. 】

[Painting also paints the heart.] 】

[You know that Painter Li has always been concerned about his deceased wife, so he hesitated to put down the pen, and now he is in a state of mind, happy for him, but also doubtful. 】

[So he decided to sketch with him, and Painter Li readily agreed.] 】

For several days in a row, Li got up at a fixed time every day to wash up and go out, in a hurry, as if he was going to a date, and when he came back in the middle of the night, he was full of smiles.

This kind of youthful performance can be seen even by Chen Xianglan.

Is this the second spring?

Jiang He was happy for Li Painter, but he was also a little puzzled.

He could sense that Painter Li didn't have much feminine spirit, and he had been going to the riverside to sketch recently......

In addition, among the various water ghost rumors circulating in Yinjiang City, there is no shortage of things like female ghosts being tempting.

Jiang He was worried that this guy would hit a ghost, and planned to go around with him.

By the next day, Ega breathed a sigh of relief.

The riverside woman that Painter Li pays attention to is not a water ghost, just an ordinary washerwoman.

Judging by her dress, she seems to be a widowed daughter, who lives a restrained life and makes a living by doing laundry for others.

As for why Painter Li is not contaminated with the spirit of a woman......

The reason is simple.

Jiang He accompanied him to paint for a long time, but he saw that he had no intention of communicating with the woman, and even the painting was rolling, as if he was expressing his inner heroism.

I was completely immersed in painting.

Maybe he's just borrowing things to think about and enjoy the atmosphere.

Regarding the choice of Li painter, Jiang He had no intention of interfering, and painted next to him.

It's just that Painter Li paints the water of rivers.

He painted fishermen in the river and people by the river.

Half a day passed, and the washerwoman struggled to get up with her clothes, and was about to go back.

Seeing that the two were still sketching by the river, they hesitated for a moment and walked over.

"What's the matter, ma'am?"

Jiang He's inquiring voice woke Li up from the painting.

He followed the voice and saw the washerwoman whisper.

"There are water ghosts in the river, the two gentlemen pay attention to safety, don't stay for a long time."

It seems to be just a reminder.

The washerwoman was about to leave.

Jiang He noticed that there were old scars under the green silk of the washerwoman, like a beast, and asked.

"Madame has seen a water ghost in the river?"

The washerwoman lowered her head slightly, and the green silk covered her eyes.

"The husband of the concubine died from the water ghost."

"Sorry......"

"Sir, don't care, this ghost of the Yin River is very strong, and it will haunt during the day, so don't stay for a long time."

The washerwoman bowed slightly and left with her clothes.

Painting Master Li looked at her distant back, thinking of her deceased husband, who had persevered until now, his heart was touched, and he sighed lightly.

"It's respectable."

Jiang He nodded slightly, but he thought more-

Painter Li couldn't see it, but through the falling green silk, he saw the bitter hatred flashing in the eyes of the washerwoman when she talked about the dead husband of the water ghost.

But looking at his conversation, he was too calm, and seemed to have completely let go of the past.

And......

If the people around you die in the riverside water ghosts, will ordinary people get close to the river without any psychological burden, and even spend most of the day washing clothes by the river?

A person who will take the initiative to remind others to be careful of water ghosts, but he doesn't care about it, is a very strange thing in itself.

With this thought, after Jiang He returned to Yinjiang City, he immediately went to the city government and visited the city officials.

The washerwoman is not very old, and her husband was killed by a water ghost, which should be in the last few years.

There shall be a file in the government office.

[You are clear about your intentions, and the officials of Yinjiang City readily agreed, and sent someone to take the file of the water ghost harming people and give it to you for a look. 】

[You flip through it for a while, and you will see the washerwoman's file. 】

[It is recorded that five years ago, a husband and wife in Yinjiang City encountered water ghosts by the river, and the husband sacrificed himself to feed the ghosts in order to save his wife. 】

[When his wife arrived to find the soldiers patrolling the river, her husband had died in the river and was nowhere to be seen. 】

[The soldiers patrolling the river borrowed the remaining traces to find the water ghost and kill it. 】

[However, his wife said that the ghosts killed by officers and soldiers are not ghosts that kill husbands.] 】

[Because of his words, the officers and soldiers patrolled the Yinjiang River again, but did not see the slightest trace, thinking that they were frightened and their memories were confused, and the case was closed since then. 】

Jiang He closed the file, and he already had a judgment in his heart.

For a woman who saw her husband die in front of her eyes, it must be an unforgettable and unforgettable scene.

Water ghosts are the embodiment of people who have drowned and died in vain, and they also have faces and characteristics.

It's hard to say that she would mistake the killer.

But the water ghosts killed by the soldiers patrolling the river along the traces are not fake, how can there be two water ghosts?

"Not necessarily."

"The newly-born sneaky is not strong, and it is very difficult to even murder the old, weak, sick and disabled, most of them drown people by river water, and it is difficult to kill the brave and strong."

"But if the Buddhist temple spends energy on cultivating the devilish, and then destroys the people, the cost is too high."

"If the Buddhist temple secretly raises a few sneaky heads, wait until the right time to catalyze a newborn water ghost to come out, and then hunt Jiang Min in the name of a newborn water ghost."

"Even if it is discovered, the government will destroy the newborn water ghosts......"

"Not only can the case be closed smoothly, but the cost is also very low."

Thoughts are racing.

Jiang He asked.

"What is the strength of these water ghosts killed by the government?"

"Naturally, they are all newborn ghosts, and they don't have much power...... Therefore, most of the victims are ordinary people, and few people who practice martial arts are killed by sneakers. ”

The Yinjiang City official asked curiously.

"Brother Gu, you are so concerned about the matter of water ghosts in the Yinjiang River, do you have an idea?"

Jiang He did not answer, but said.

"The matter of water ghosts in the Yinjiang River, if it is not natural, but man-made ......"

"The people behind the scenes can hide for so long, and they must be very involved."

"Even if you and I find out something, how can we deal with it?"

"Brother Gu is too worried, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, in this Daluo world, there are still things that I, the court official, can't afford to handle?"

The officials of Yinjiang City did not doubt Jiang He's statement.

When feng shui is not abnormal, it is not a matter of heaven and earth, and it can only be man-made.

This is not a new idea, it's just that those Yinshan City officials haven't been able to find out anything.

He laughed for a moment, looked left and right, arranged the method of silence, and said in a voice.

"Brother Gu, don't worry, if you and I find out something, you can report to the DPRK and China first...... When people come to Dizhou, no matter how big the implication is, it will be revealed. ”

Seeing that the officials of Yinjiang City had no intention of being reckless.

Jiang He agreed with the chin head.

……

Yinjiang waterfront.

Gu Shi was unusual, and after scattering gold, he decided to live in Yinjiang City for a while.

Chen Xianglan has no opinion, and Painter Li naturally has no opinion.

He goes out early and returns late every day, lingering on the riverside to sketch.

With this kind of regular work and rest, Chen Xianglan couldn't help it a little and said to him.

"She has been widowed for many years, and you have also lost your wife for many years, instead of running to the river every day, it is better to ask the matchmaker directly to ask for marriage."

Painter Li hesitated for a long time before refusing.

"She has never remarried, and she should still miss her ex-husband."

"And I also miss Yun Niang, don't see it as a substitute."

This is also the reason why Painter Li sketches by the river every day, but never takes the initiative to communicate with the washerwoman.

He still has to follow Master Gu on his travels, and he will leave in a short time.

It's just a passer-by, and it's enough to miss his deceased wife.

Chen Xianglan scoffed at this.

She has walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and she looks down on this kind of indecisive man the most, and she pursues it if she likes it, and when people really remarry, she will not regret taking the medicine.

However, she was busy with her cultivation and didn't say anything more.

Until a certain day.

Painter Li sketched by the river, but it was difficult to put pen to paper.

These days, he has been intoxicated by the waves of the river, and has already described it thousands of times, and he is already familiar with the trend of the river.

The trend of today's river water has brought him an inexplicable sense of coldness.

Just as he hesitated, there was a scream.

He followed the prestige, but saw a demon with a blue face and fangs and scattered hair breaking through the river, rushing to the shore, and in an instant, disemboweling a person and dragging him into the water!

This riverbank is relatively gentle, not only washerwomen, but also many people from nearby towns come here to get water for laundry.

When they saw this, they screamed and fled.

Only the washerwoman remained still, as if frightened.

Painter Li was also frightened, but saw that there seemed to be a black shadow flickering in the blood and water, and rushed towards the washerwoman.

Without hesitation, he drew his sword for self-defense and rushed over.

"Run!"

Familiar scenes, familiar words.

The washerwoman subconsciously glanced at it, but did not see the familiar figure.

The water surged, and the demon broke through the water again and threw itself at her!

When Painter Li saw this scene, his eyes were split.

Meanwhile.

But I saw that the washerwoman seemed to have practiced thousands of times, raised her foot and kicked over the wooden barrel containing the clothes, pulled out a sword shaped like a Daomen, and slashed it on the devil's claws with a backhand!

At the moment of contact, the demon's claws seemed to touch the flames, and they snapped back, screaming in pain.

Painter Li was stunned, his feet slipped, he fell into the muddy water, looked up blankly, and looked at the washerwoman.

"Huh...?"

(End of chapter)