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Seeing the two leaving, Chang Jin also sent out a divine sense: "Let's follow up and ask what's going on."

Bai Susu nodded, and the two of them left the crowd and slowly entered the city.

It was now close to noon, and the streets of the city were still deserted, with only a few pedestrians passing by. Many of the shops on both sides are closed and not open at all.

Such a depressed scene is very similar to what I saw in Crouching Tiger Mansion a few days ago.

Seeing the two men coming out of a shop, Chang Jin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "The two eldest brothers are polite." ”

"You're ......" The two looked at them a few times, their expressions puzzled.

"That's right, the two of us are scholars who have traveled abroad, and we happened to pass by Shayang County, and we saw a notice at the gate of the city that said that the river god was marrying a wife, and the two eldest brothers seemed to be very familiar with it, and Xiaosheng was very curious, can you please tell you in detail. Chang Jin said.

"I don't know, we don't know anything, you must have recognized the wrong person. Without waiting for Wang Lao Wu to speak, the thin man directly denied it. When he spoke, he turned his head to look around, for fear that someone would hear him.

"The two eldest brothers are afraid that we will listen to the report, so don't worry, we are just curious, and we will never say anything after listening. When Chang Jin spoke, the law came out casually, and the slightest hint of luck on his head blessed him.

"I'm relieved, rest assured" The two men looked stunned and nodded in unison.

"It's noon now, it's better to be like this, little brother to do the east. Two big brothers, how about we find a place to eat and chat?" Chang Jin said again.

"It's okay, it's okay" At this moment, in the consciousness of the two of them, the scholar in front of them seemed to be an old friend who had known each other for many years, so that they would not have the slightest suspicion at all.

There is a small shop not far away, which is deserted, and there are no customers entering the door until now.

When Chang Jin and the others walked in, the shopkeeper happily greeted them with a rag, and Lisuo wiped the table and bench clean, served tea, and then asked them what they wanted to eat.

This kind of roadside shop does not prepare any wild game, except for two meat dishes, which are brown rice. Chang Jin ordered a large plate of cooked beef, a fried beef, and a pot of turbid wine.

After a while, the meal was served. The two men hadn't seen meat for a long time, so they picked up chopsticks and buried their heads in eating. The food made by the small shop tastes average, and the characteristic is that it is sufficient.

Chang Jin and Bai Susu were not hungry, and after moving their chopsticks twice, they stopped to watch them eat and drink.

Feeling that the two of them ate about the same, Chang Jin asked again: "Two eldest brothers, can you tell the younger brother in detail about the river god marrying a wife here?"

"Brother Xian doesn't know, since the Xisha River changed the river god twenty years ago, it can be regarded as making us miserable. Wang Lao Wu drank a few glasses of turbid wine, his face turned red, and his voice became louder and louder.

Chang Jin himself didn't have anything, but he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble to the two of them, so his expression immediately moved slightly, and he automatically isolated the space, enveloping the four of them in it.

"The river god is absurd and unreasonable, and as soon as he ascended the throne, he sent us a dream message, saying that he wanted to marry a human woman, otherwise a great flood would flood the county seat and the farmland outside the city...... When they learned about this, they were initially angry and disagreed. Unexpectedly, in the next few days, the river god really stirred up the waves, which were very fierce, and they were about to break the embankment. In desperation, the villagers in the vicinity had to kneel on the river embankment to burn incense and pray, saying that they would choose a bride for the river god within three days, and the flood would recede......"

"Didn't the government stop this?" asked Bai Susu with some surprise.

Since her husband's ascension to the throne, her knowledge of Shinto has grown. The secular county decree itself is not cultivated, but instead of humanity in charge of a county, it has the spirit of all the people. This kind of luck accumulates day by day, and it is very huge. When the gods see it, they have to avoid it.

If the county decree speaks against this matter, and writes a derogatory text to inform humanity that the river god has no way and disturbs the world with evil deeds, then it will attract the sense of heaven and man, and it will have its own backlash.

At the beginning, Yuqing Dao wanted to secretly attack her husband, so she ordered the prefect of Wanshan Mansion to make a derogatory sacrifice.

The thin man replied: "We also told the county about this matter at that time, and asked the county lord to call the shots." But the county commander is weak and incompetent, he is a dumb official, he only shirks himself, and lets everyone watch and do ......"

"Didn't you go to Fucheng to ask for a Taoist temple? I heard that those Taoist priests are all highly skilled, why don't you see them come to deal with it?" Bai Susu asked again?

"Why didn't you go, those Taoist priests didn't let us in at all. ”

Dao Yuan refused, could it be that this was also a chess game they secretly laid out? Having dealt with the Dao Academy many times, knowing their faces, Chang Jin instinctively thought of this.

The thin man said indignantly: "The three-day deadline is coming in a blink of an eye, and in desperation, we have to exchange money to buy a woman and give it to the river god." ”

Speaking of this, he sighed in a low voice: "Hey, I didn't think of making a mistake in one step, making a mistake in one step." If we had been united and not compromised with the river god that day, perhaps it would not have dared to break the embankment...... After that, the river calmed down for a while, and everyone thought the matter was over. Who knew that after three years, the river god gave everyone a dream again, saying that he would marry a wife......"

Since then, every three years, the villagers will go door-to-door to collect money to raise money for the river god's marriage. Afraid that the river god would know if we didn't pay the money, although we were reluctant, we had to admit it. It's just that the river god is getting more and more tricky, and he wants a beautiful girl every time. In order to cope with the river god's wife, the temple of the river temple and the village elders often wander around the village, and when they see a young and beautiful woman, they register it and prepare to be the bride of the river god. In order to prevent their daughters from jumping into the fire pit, many families took out money and gave it to the temple and the villagers, begging them to cross out their daughter's name from the booklet. ”

Hearing this, Chang Jin and Bai Susu glanced at each other and sighed.

How foolish and cowardly the world is, this is obviously an evil god, but no one dares to stand up and resist. I'm afraid that the river god took a fancy to this and kept making even more ridiculous demands.

When the temple and the village elders profit from the river god's wifery, such a thing becomes a rule. Recalling the notice he saw just now, Chang Jin estimated that the next step would be for the county order here to join in the distribution of the spoils.

Sure enough, I heard Wang Lao Wu scolding: "The thief doesn't open his eyes, and the faint official county order also issued a notice, saying that in order to hold a wife ceremony for the river god, the people of the county must pay money, regardless of men, women and children, ten yuan per person." You can collect a few thousand taels of silver each time. It will cost one hundred and ten taels to marry the river god, and the rest will be divided among the county order, the village elders, and the temple ......"

"The river god has to marry every three years, and the rich family can also pay some silver to save their daughters from suffering, and where can the poor family have the silver to bribe the village elders and temple blessings, so they can only drag their families to flee the county. Because of this, the common people are getting poorer and poorer, and the city is empty......"

The thin man followed the interface and said: "Last month, the county just changed a county order, and I heard that he is a clean official, who is dedicated to the people. I thought there was a way out this time, but I didn't know that it was a raccoon dog. Less than two months after taking office, he was determined to marry the river god. Hey......"

sighed, helpless in my heart.

Chang Jin just lamented his misfortune and was angry with him. Not only the people here, but he found that the people of the entire Dayan Dynasty were living with an attitude of resignation.

What the Baishui River God did back then was similar to here, if it wasn't for Chang Jin's action, the ending might not be much different.

wanted to find out what he wanted to know, Chang Jin didn't ask any more, but kept persuading the two of them to eat and drink well.

When the wine and food on the table were cleaned, he invited Xiao Er to settle the bill.

Walking out of the door, Chang Jin saluted the drunken two and said, "Two big brothers, let's say goodbye, and we will have a chance to meet again in the future." ”

"Good talk, good talk, little brother walk slowly" The two drunks supported each other and walked into the distance.

Until they walked out of more than half a mile, the cold wind blew, and the two slowly woke up.

They looked at each other, their faces confused.

"We had a drink at noon?" asked the thin man.

"Yes, there are two scholars who want to know about the customs of Shayang County, so they invite us to drink......" Wang Lao Wu shook his head and replied. In their memories, the other party asked them about some snacks in Shayang County, where to play and so on.

These two people were so generous, they asked a few words and invited us to dinner. The thin man licked his lips, slightly excited, "It's the first time I've eaten so much beef when I've grown so big."

"Me too, today is a blessing, go back and tell the sixth child, the eyes are angry with them"

Seeing the two of them leave, Chang Jin and Bai Susu's figures flashed and came to a back alley.

"Yunsheng, let's go out of the city now to find the location of the River God Water Mansion, kill it, and completely end this matter. After listening to the whole process of the matter, Bai Susu was filled with indignation and couldn't bear it.

"No" Chang Jin shook his head and explained, "The river god is no longer important, and now it's not just the river god who is doing evil. In this matter, the county magistrate, the village elders, and the temple are all vested interests, and they can get huge benefits every time they hold a ceremony. Even if the river god is killed, it will not cure the symptoms. In order to be able to continue to make a profit, they will definitely create a new river god to continue the ceremony of taking a wife. ”

"This ......" Bai Susu was about to refute, but the words stopped when they came to his lips.

She found that it was very likely that her husband said that these people could do anything for money.

"And what do you say?" she asked rhetorically.

"If you want to end this matter completely, you still have to cut it off at the source. Chang Jin's eyebrows showed a little anger, and he held the sword in his hand and said: "I, the three-foot Qingfeng, have killed ghosts, demons, and exotic evil gods, and I have never killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but today I want to give it a try." ”

"You want to kill the county order?" Bai Susu was startled, and said with a worried face: "Yunsheng, when you see the county order, make him repent." After all, the county magistrate is a secular official, and he has a humane luck. If you kill it, I'm afraid this backlash will ......"