Waiting for the shop to gradually clean up, the shopkeeper came to the two of them, Hua Rujin came to his senses and asked softly: "Shopkeeper, do you know what the officers of the inspection department talked about, why hundreds of lives are involved?" ”

"Ahem, it's better that you two don't ask about this."

The store did not want to mention it.

Shu Jinxuan knew that his cousin was now bent on gaining a foothold in the litigation field, and he was unwilling to let go of these errands of complaining about people's grievances, so he urged: "Brother Hu, don't sell Guanzi, let's talk about it, what happened?" ”

Shopkeeper Hu looked around left and right, then sat down and whispered to the two:

"This thing has to be traced back to a year ago, our fishermen in Jiang'an County often let cormorants go into the water to fish, but this year the cormorants refused to fish, even if the fishermen forcibly threw the cormorants into the water, they quickly jumped back into the boat."

"It's a strange thing."

The elegant cousin rubbed his chin and sighed softly.

"Who's to say it isn't."

The shopkeeper continued: "This is nothing, just one night ago, those fishing boats by the river began to shake violently, the cormorants kept calling, as if frightened, the fishermen ran out of the cabin and found many corpses floating on the river, and the body was still bubbling with black gas, what is even more strange is that those corpses are standing on the river surface will not sink, the next day, there are many dead fish floating on the river, and the surrounding river water has turned black. ”

"Good body, why are there dead bodies on the river?"

Hua Rujin was also particularly puzzled: "What does this have to do with those hundreds of lives?" ”

"As for why there are suddenly corpses on the river, I don't know, but there have been a lot of strange things in the county recently."

Before Shopkeeper Hu's next words came out, a layer of cold sweat was already oozing from his forehead:

"Also last month, two bare-eyed and white-haired monsters suddenly appeared in a household's house, and these two monsters ate all the meat and vegetables of the family's house, which frightened the guests away, and the two monsters played in the house's house for a while, and when the county official sent them, they disappeared without a trace."

At this point, Shopkeeper Hu did not mean to stop, but continued to tell:

"There is an even more outrageous thing that I have witnessed with my own eyes, probably also last month, a neighbor in our village passed away, I went to the coffin in the courtyard to kowtow, suddenly saw the corpse's fingers move slightly, and then the whole person sat up from the coffin, so frightened that everyone fled out of the courtyard,

I and a few relatives and friends climbed to the courtyard wall to see, found that the corpse had walked out of the courtyard, two arms can run on their own, walking two feet are jumping high, I and a few relatives and friends were frightened, picked up some stones and threw them into the yard, the corpse seemed to be aware, then back to the shed, we were worried for a long time, and then a bold person went in to check, guess what, the corpse actually lay back in the coffin, we were so frightened that we hurriedly sealed the coffin to calm the turmoil. ”

No matter how Hua Rujin listens, she feels that this situation is like a zombie movie she has seen in her world.

Are there really zombies?

Shu Jinxuan also looked frightened when he heard this, and sighed uneasily: "These things still have nothing to do with the hundreds of lives that my cousin asked." ”

"How can it be okay."

Shopkeeper Hu frowned and said: "In the middle of last month, a Taoist came to our county, he said that these things are because there are grievances in the Chu River, since ancient times, how many tragic wars have been experienced on the Chu River, just say that the grandfather crossed the river and sank into the river There are countless dead bodies, if the grievances gather to a certain extent, it will lead to the resentment of the corpses, and the people who drink the river water will become extremely vicious and kill each other, and then it will cause chaos in the world." ”

"It's a Taoist priest again."

Thinking of the Dou family, Hua Rujin didn't know how to describe her hatred of Taoist priests at the moment.

"Shhh, Miss Hua can't talk nonsense, even the government doesn't dare to be careless about this kind of thing."

The shopkeeper Hu's expression was extremely serious: "The chief said that there are too many resentful spirits in Chu Jiang, and the Jiang God does not dare to accept them, so he must sacrifice to the Jiang God." ”

"Could it be that you want to use more than a hundred lives to sacrifice to the god of the river?"

Hua Rujin suddenly realized.

"Exactly."

The shopkeeper Hu said: "It is said that it is to use seven hundred and forty-nine boys and girls to guide the way, and then to use nine hundred and eighty-one girls who have just entered the year of the river to dedicate to the river god and the various water ghosts and evil gods in the river, so that the disaster can be resolved." ”

"Isn't that reasonable, isn't this just killing people."

Hua Rujin was furious when she heard this: "Could it be that the parents of these children and girls are willing to do so?" ”

"Hey, if you don't have no way, who wants to hand over your child."

Shopkeeper Hu sighed gloomily: "Last month, when Cao Jiang Yushi was leaving, he ordered the general judgment of Tuzhi County and the Inspection Department to thoroughly investigate this matter, and they adopted that person's suggestion, and asked all parts of the county to use the method of drawing lots to select suitable candidates in each village, and my unlucky nephew was now only four years old but was chosen, and he was sent to hold a sacrifice ceremony on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Shu Jinxuan has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and he did not show the righteous indignation of Hua Rujin.

Since the death of the grandfather and the reopening of the old style of burial with more than 40 people, there have been few such things in the people in recent years.

Although he sympathized with the plight of those who were martyred, he was a son of a doctor, and his status was noble in the eyes of outsiders, but it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of those officials and magnates.

So he didn't want his cousin to get involved in this kind of thing.

After all, this matter involves the government, and if you are not careful, it will be a matter of losing your head.

hurriedly instructed the shopkeeper Hu to prepare some mung bean flour and leave.

Hua Rujin took the ingot of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper Hu, but the shopkeeper Hu did everything possible to resist: "Miss Hua is really out of sight, I have been friends with Shu Ergongzi for many years, you have come from afar, I am afraid that the hospitality will not be good, and the matter of mentioning the silver will not treat me as my own person." ”

Hua Rujin also saw that Cousin Ruya deliberately brought herself here not only to see her old friend, but she was afraid that she was saving money for herself, so she thanked the shopkeeper Hu and followed Cousin Ruya back to the carriage.

On the way back, listening to the crying everywhere, Hua Rujin lifted the curtain to look, and saw that the group of officers of the inspection department were either escorting young women or carrying young children and hurried out of the city.

Behind them, the sound of crying father and scolding mother was endless:

"You dog thieves who have lost their conscience, return my daughter."

"My child, you give back my child."

"You people, I curse you not to die well."

Listening to the noisy crying outside, Shu Jinxuan ruthlessly lowered the curtain and said solemnly to Hua Rujin:

"Cousin, I don't think there's anything wrong with you wanting to be a lawyer, I know that you won't become Gu Langxi and the like, but I hope you don't put yourself in danger, although I don't know how you met her about that girl in the Cheng family, but you have also seen the danger at the beginning, if there is no Ye Gongzi's help, it is impossible for you to shake this filthy officialdom on your own no matter what."

After a pause, his expression became more serious: "If I had learned that you would have been like this when you went to the Dou family three years ago, I would have rushed back from the capital if I said anything, and now that I am by your side, I will never watch you fall into any more difficulties." ”

I have known my elegant cousin these days, and it is the first time I have seen him so serious and serious.

Hua Rujin smiled at him gently: "Don't worry, cousin, I know it in my heart." ”

She still remembers the words of the shopkeeper Hu at the moment, if this kind of thing really causes chaos in the world, I am afraid that even in front of the emperor, he will give up more than 100 lives.

What can a small lawyer of his own change?

(End of chapter)