Qiu Shaohu immediately wrote a letter, writing down the dry wells in the port, the matter of Mu Xuan, and the things that refine the soul, and then went out again and sent the letter to Cheng Tingdong with the letter bureau.

This matter has exceeded his imagination, and the only hope is that Fu Shendu can solve it as soon as possible.

Unconsciously, all the safety of the entire Chaomen has become a chess piece at the mercy of others, controlled by a black hand hidden behind the scenes. All that remains to do is to find the source of everything and get it back on track before something more terrible happens.

At this time, the only person who can make Qiu Shaohu trust is Cheng Tingdong. This veteran who has been through a hundred battles has the courage to look down on all life and death, and also has the ability to suppress everything.

Coming out of the letter bureau, I walked on the street again, and the rain was dripping. Passing merchants are eager, and everyone is buying all kinds of things as preparations for the festival before the Qingming Festival.

People come and go, many people are walking towards the north, I heard that there are temple fair-like activities in the Beicheng area, singing, storytelling, tricks, tricks, etc. are all there, many people go to see the lively, the cheerful sound through the haze of the drizzle, has been faintly transmitted here, to the ears of people.

One is glorious.

Qiu Shaohu sighed lightly.

I don't know how long the current happiness can last.

"Huh, is that sir?" A voice came, Qiu Shaohu saw Xu Ju coming towards him, holding a few large paper bags, without an umbrella, and was protecting the package with his hand to prevent it from getting wet.

"Where are you going?" Qiu Shaohu saw that he was too reluctant to take so many things, and took the initiative to help him take half of the package.

Half of the burden was reduced and it was much easier, Xu Jucai breathed a sigh of relief and answered: "My father has been busy with official business for the past two days, so I have to do some housework, such as these dry foods, which were given to me by my boss after I finished my work today, so that the family will not have to worry about food for a few days." ”

Xu Yicheng has been accompanying Cheng to go around recently, of course, he can't take care of his own family.

"The children's test is about to start, are you going to take advantage of this time to earn more travel expenses and reduce the burden on your family?" Qiu Shaohu said.

was directly poked by him, Xu Ju was a little embarrassed, smiled shyly and said, "What the hell is Mr., I can't hide it from you." ”

"I was also struggling in my early years, and I knew what it was like to want to study but really didn't have the money. That's even more helpless than starvation, after all, people are crazy and hungry, and they will still want to eat soil, but without money, there is really no way at all. Qiu Shaohu said.

"But that's not what my father wanted me to do." Xu Ju was a little frustrated and said, "My father wants me to study hard and doesn't want me to be distracted by other things. I thought so at the beginning, after all, the current difficulties can be overcome with a few moments. ”

"As long as I pass the children's exam, I am a Xiucai, according to the official regulations, after being admitted to Xiucai, my family will be able to pay less taxes and save more food. But in the past few days, I can't help it, so I still come out to do my work, thinking of helping my family a little. But there is much less time to study, and it may also be a waste of study. ”

"Sir, are you right that I am doing this?" Xu raised his eyes and looked at Qiu Shaohu, eager for an answer.

"If you are in a hurry, you will succeed. The sage's words 'from the beginning to the end' are not absolute. After all, if a bigger change happens, but you don't change at all, you will only be called a food eater. Qiu Shaohu said:

"A lot of people want to live up to the creed that guides them forever for the rest of their lives, but a lot of times, that kind of thing doesn't make sense. The sage also did not know how to answer the question of 'two children's debate', because if you stand on different standpoints, you will naturally have understanding. The only way to implement us is to face things by ourselves. ”

"Doing it is always more important than what you say or think."

"Oh, sir, I know that." Xu Ju said: "What you said is the thought of Mingxinxue: emphasizing practical work and ignoring Taoism." It was once far-reaching, but it was also incompatible with other schools of thought because it did not agree that a gentleman should be strict with himself with the same requirements. ”

"That's right, this is the idea of Mingxinxue, but don't use this idea to answer questions when you are a child." Qiu Shaohu said: "Today's court is dominated by the Mangshan School, and the Mingxin School has long since died out. ”

Since five years ago, Zhang Lianke, the leader of Mingxinxue and Zhaoguo Taibao, was involved in the imperial examination fraud case that year, and was beheaded by the whole family and implicated by relatives and friends.

After a while, they walked to the Xu family, in front of the dilapidated gate, and they were still clean.

At this time, it was also lunch time, and every house was cooking cigarettes.

The temple fair not far away has ended, and only a little music lingers nearby.

Pushing open the door and seeing the situation inside, Xu Ju "snapped", and the packages in his hands fell to the ground one after another, he ran forward, quickly helped up the old man of the Xu family who fell to the ground, and said in a panic: "Grandpa, grandpa!" What's wrong with you......"

The old man Xu Xian's face was black, and at this time, he only had air out and no air intake.

"Your grandfather, he's poisoned!" Qiu Shaohu immediately helped Xu Xian up.

"Ah, this!" Xu Ju didn't know what to do.

Qiu Shaohu saw Xu Xian lying next to the stove, white porridge was boiling in the pot, steaming. He stretched out his finger and dipped some porridge in his tongue, but his sensitive taste did not feel anything unusual, and there was no poison in it.

But Xu Xian confirmed that it was poisoned, Qiu Shaohu didn't say a word, he directly took an empty bowl, took a bowl of water from the side of the water tank, knocked a corner of masonry from the edge of the stove, crushed it into crumbs and turned it into a bowl, and then took out a little herb from his pocket, and also threw it into the water in the bowl, walked to Xu Xian and pinched the old man's nose to open his mouth, and poured all the water in the bowl into his throat.

Xu Xian was excited, and then felt a wave of overturning in his abdomen, and immediately lay aside and vomited, although it was uncomfortable, but his complexion was much better than just now.

Looking at Xu Ju, who was surprised, Qiu Shaohu said: "This is an antidote, which can neutralize the toxicity, but you have to send your grandfather to the hospital immediately to see if there are any other ......."

"Poof—"

"Oops......"

"Ah, what's going on......"

Outside, there was a lot of shouting, shouting everywhere, and I don't know what was going on.

Qiu Shaohu had a vague bad premonition, and hurriedly asked Xu Ju to take a good look at his grandfather, and quickly ran out.

Everywhere in the neighborhood, every family was poisoned.

"This ......" Qiu Shaohu could hear it, and the wails were not limited to this street, but were spreading along the northern city.

"Hey," Tang Xun appeared at the other end of the alley at some point, with a sad face, "The world is chaotic." ”

……

"Senior brother, isn't it okay?" In the cemetery, Fu Xun and others were still gritting their teeth.

Meng Chen is hard to resist with cultivation, pressing step by step, turning into layers of barriers and expanding outward with brilliance, but after all, it is still the end of the crossbow, and it is difficult to break through one step.

"Calm down, hold on!" As a senior brother, Meng Chen naturally wants to stabilize the confidence of his junior brothers.

The longer it drags on, the more powerful the yin qi is, the stronger their momentum becomes, and the more unfavorable it is to the dusty gang.

For Meng Chen himself, if he turned around and wanted to leave at this time, it would not be difficult at all, but he still had to protect his junior disciples. Besides, he was quite unwilling to give up halfway this time, and he had already seen that these resentful spirits were not completely helpless, if he could have one or two more people as helpers, he would be able to break his position.

"If there is the cultivation of Wan Yin and Elder Mercy Mo, and it is just a matter of doing it casually to defeat these resentful spirits, where can there be such embarrassment." Meng Chen couldn't tell whether he was anxious or depressed.

A sound pierced through the wind, and suddenly swept through the ears.

Green bamboos and green vines, accompanied by the vitality of the pine trees, spontaneously emerged, and the momentum of these resentful spirits was blocked one after another. Coupled with the dusty streamer squeezing, under the attack of the two sides, this time it was completely defeated.

"Death is restless, and resentment and sin are left behind." Zhu Lai holds a green bamboo cane and appears here.

"The head of the bamboo line?" Seeing each other, Meng Chen was somewhat stunned.

"These resentful spirits are all imprisoned here with sinister intentions. But what you want, it just so happens to be here. Zhu Lai pointed to a newly buried cemetery.

Meng Chen had already discovered that there were no resentful spirits in this cemetery just now.

And his keen sense vaguely sensed that something different was buried in this coffin.

He stepped forward and dug it up.

Inside the tomb was a newly buried coffin, and when the coffin board was lifted, including the dust, everyone on the island was shocked.

In the coffin, there is the head of the spirit that has been missing for a long time!