Chapter 46: Aunt at the head of the village
Along the way, Yu Jingting's Qianqianyu hand never let go of the Changhong Sword, and she always loved to hold it in her arms.
And Changhong Jiantong's human nature seems to be in a perfect position on Yu Jingting's chest, and Shen Lian and Zhou Tianlu blood pressure biubiu are scurrying up.
This woman won't give it back to me, will she?
Shen Lian looked at Yu Jingting's greedy appearance towards the Changhong Sword, and he was inevitably worried, but it was only for a moment, who would dare to grab the sword given by the emperor? Equivalent to complicity.
Zhou Tianlu originally sat side by side with Shen Lian, but somehow, his brain suddenly opened up, and he sat next to Yu Jingting under the pretext of watching the famous sword.
Jin Yuze, who was driving outside, didn't know what was happening in the car, and called Zhou Tianlu several times along the way, asking for a shift change, but never got a response.
"Tianlu is asleep." When Jin Yuze shouted for the thirteenth time, Shen Lian lifted the curtain to show his head and whispered.
"Asleep? All right. Jin Yuze chose to believe him.
An hour is not long, but it is not short, and when the four of them arrived in Yong'an County, it was close to noon.
After discussion, it was decided to find a restaurant to eat, and then rush to Hujiagou Village.
When she got out of the car, Yu Jingting was reluctant to return the Changhong Sword to Shen Lian, her eyes were full of infinite nostalgia, as if she had sent her boyfriend out.
Whew~~ Finally returned it to me, and I will never show it to others again, even if the other party is a beauty!
Shen Lian smelled the faint fragrance coming from the scabbard and tied it back to his waist.
"Tianlu? Why do you smell so good? Jin Yuze, who had parked the carriage, came to Zhou Tianlu's side, sniffing around with his nose and his face uncertain.
He was sure that the fragrance was contaminated from Yu Jingting, but Shen Lian did not, which showed that Zhou Tianlu and Yu Jingting were sitting very close to each other in the car just now.
"Is there one? How I didn't smell it. Zhou Tianlu sniffed his armpit and almost fainted from the smoke.
Jin Yuze admired his courage and decided not to pursue the matter further.
The old shopkeeper of the restaurant was a lively person, looking at Shen Lian and the others wearing official uniforms, and three of them were wearing unicorn suits, not only did the meal get a five-percent discount, but also gave two additional jars of wine.
The four of them were very happy and praised the shopkeeper for being sensible.
After eating and drinking, when he was leaving, Shen Lian paid the silver according to the original price.
The shopkeeper refused to ask for it, and Shen Lian forced it to him.
It's not that Shen Lian is noble, but he feels that it is not easy for anyone, there is no need to take advantage of others for dozens of dollars, after all, they can reimburse the travel expenses for this trip.
The carriage continued to move forward, this time driving by Zhou Tianlu.
Jin Yuze was just about to get close to Yu Jingting, and the latter suddenly said: "I'm a little tired, take a nap, and wake me up when I get to the place." “
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The carriage bumped on the mountain road, turned left and right, and finally arrived at Hujiagou Village after crossing a hill.
There were several old peasant ladies in the village who were leaning against the wall to bask in the sun, and when they saw Shen Lian's four officials getting out of the car, they immediately cast their eyes, three points of curiosity, three points of fear, three points of gossip, and only one point of vigilance.
"We are from Jingzhao Mansion, and we have come to deal with the matter of demon birds, where are we?"
This group of old ladies may not know about the Shadow Secret Guard, but they must have heard of Jingzhao Mansion, so Shen Lian used Jingzhao Mansion to open the way.
"Follow this road into the village, turn right at the first intersection, and the second one is." An old lady pointed to the entrance of the village and said.
"Thank you, Auntie." Shen Lian nodded, turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered, stopped again, squatted next to a few old ladies with a smile, and asked, "Auntie, can you tell us about the strange bird in your village?" “
"Oh, you said that Chen Guanjia is a monster, you can ask the right person, let me tell you, this child has been strange since he was ....... child"
Several old ladies said a lot, and Shen Lian didn't extract useful information for the first time.
"Don't waste time, let's hurry up and find Lizheng." Yu Jingting's face was not good, and urged.
After watching the four of them enter the village, several old ladies immediately trotted away to spread the story they had just made.
"Why do you ask those aunts who have nothing to do?" On the way, Yu Jingting suddenly asked Shen Lian.
"Hehe, according to rumors, these people are the most well-informed, and now it seems that they are well-informed, but they are all unconfirmed rumors." For the first time, Shen Lian had a 'awe' of the world's most mysterious "Village Head Aunt Intelligence Organization", because just now an aunt actually said that Chen Guanjia, who is a man, has given birth to a child, and also said that who has seen it..........
It was an old man with gray hair, and when Shen Lian and the others arrived at his house, this person was feeding the pigs.
Seeing the errand clothes on Shen Lian's body, Li Zheng was stunned at first, and when he confirmed that he had not done anything bad, he greeted him with a smile.
"Are you Muramasa?" Shen Lian said, "We are from the Shadow Secret Guard and Jingzhao Mansion to deal with the matter of the demon bird, but you are the official who reported to the county government?" ”
"Exactly, exactly, you can count on coming, please in the house, please in the house." When the village heard that Shen Lian was coming for the demon bird, he immediately smiled, hurriedly invited people into the house, and ordered the concubine to make tea.
"Tell us what's going on?" After sitting down, Shen Lian asked straight to the point.
"It's strange to say, a while ago, a bird flew out of nowhere, the size of a magpie, the flowers and greens looked very good, at first everyone didn't care, but the bird spit out people's words, shouting that Chen Guanjia is a monster, which frightened the villagers, one by one did not dare to go out, but after observing for a few days, this bird seems to be in no danger except for eating some rice in the field, and slowly became accustomed to it." Muramasa said with a frown.
Colorful? Mouthful? Eating rice? Magpie size?
Shen Lian had a vague guess.
"So the bird didn't do any harm to the village and its villagers?" Yu Jingting on the side asked.
"I can't say that, at least Chen Guanjia is affected." Muramasa smacked his lips and continued: "That's why I went to report to the official, hoping that you are willing to drive the demon bird away, otherwise Chen Guanjia, this kid, is afraid that he will commit suicide by hanging his head." “
Jin Yuze glanced at Shen Lian and Yu Jingting and asked, "What do you mean?" Can you be clear? Is there really a person in your village named Chen Guanjia? “
Mura Zheng nodded, "That's right, it's the only person in our village who reads, and he is preparing for the township exam, he was originally full of confidence, but he was so by the demon bird, and now he can't even eat, and his body is about to collapse." “
"He's a youkai?" Jin Yuze frowned and asked.
"How is that possible!" Muramasa's voice raised by three points, and his tone was quite impatient, "This child is something I grew up watching, he is loyal, kind-hearted, he has been promising, and his reading results have always been the top in the school, but now the demon bird has appeared, so that no one in the village has anything to do with him, after all, there is such a thing as a monster, and the villagers would rather believe it than believe it." ”
Shen Lian understood what happened to Chen Guanjia, who was originally good, had excellent grades in school since he was a child, and was a good child in the mouth of other people's families in the neighbors' mouths, but a strange bird appeared out of nowhere, flying over the village all day long, shouting that he was a monster..........
"When does the demon bird usually appear?" Shen Lian asked.
"That's about the hour." Muramasa looked at the sky and said uncertainly.
"It's better to take us to meet this Chen Guanjia first, and then go to find the demon bird." Yu Jingting stood up, moved her muscles, and said.
"Okay, this kid lives not far away, a few officials, please come with me." Muramasa was very cooperative and immediately took the four of them out.