"On the twenty-third day of October in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

The exit from town record has been given to them, and there is no turning back for me at all. If the master knew what I was doing today, I am afraid that I would not be able to turn a blind eye in the darkness. ”

"On the twenty-sixth day of October in the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was cloudy:

I've been in officialdom for nearly ten years, and I really didn't expect to be awakened by nightmares today. ”

"On the fourth day of the winter month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

They seem to be starting to carry out their plans? According to them, if someone comes to the government to report the case, then I just need to go through the process and suppress the matter on the grounds that there is no substantiated evidence, but is it really that simple? ”

"On the fifth day of the winter month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

No man's village! But why did the government go to Linqu Village to investigate, but the whole village was safe and sound, and the villagers were all there? What exactly did they do there? ”

When the "...... of Linqu Village" saw this diary, Shi Cheng secretly said in his heart: "It is the only one of the three uninhabited villages in the northeast of Yunqiu City, and it turns out that it is the first place where the uninhabited village case appears. ”

"On the ninth day of the winter month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was cloudy:

Today I was warned by them again, saying that I was too curious. That's it, that's it, it's better to be a rich man with peace of mind, and to keep the family safe. ”

From the beginning of this day's diary, Gao Yan seems to have completely put his mind at ease, and he has nothing to say about "their" actions, and the diary behind records the next uninhabited village case, which is mixed with some daily trivial matters. However, judging from the content of this paragraph of the diary, Gao Yan seems to have become a lot more short-tempered. Shi Cheng speculated in his heart that Gao Yan's irritability during this period was mostly due to the fear of the East Window incident.

"On the fifteenth day of the twelfth month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

Something began to happen on the Xieyang Road, and a whole caravan disappeared, but I really didn't expect that the leader of the caravan actually came back alive from the galloping road, but the whole person was already scared crazy, as if it was a merchant named Hu Enli, and I didn't know what he saw. ”

"On the seventeenth day of the twelfth month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

Hordes of ghosts? They can't be some evil cultivators, but I haven't heard of evil cultivators who can control ghosts and kill people. As a disciple of a sage, I shouldn't have thought about these tricks, but now it seems that the rumors in the mouths of these fools and fools may not all be false. ”

"On the eighteenth day of the twelfth month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

There were two more people who were stunned on the Xieyang Road, but the two of them were not as lucky as Hu Enli, and they lost their souls and died not long after they returned, and the rumors of the ghost village seemed to spread in the city. ”

"On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

They have intensified their attacks on the marching caravanserais, and now they can't see that the marching groups of less than ten people can come back alive from the gallop, what is their purpose? ”

"On the first day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it was cloudy:

It's New Year, but I don't have the heart to celebrate.

"On the eighth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it rained:

Xieyang Road has become a ghost road, and the people in the city have been panicking these days, and the teaching of Wang Cheng has also arrived, ordering the cities of Xieyang Road to investigate the missing cases in their respective jurisdictions. Looking at the tone of the teaching book, I think that it will not be long before the appointment of the chincha. They said that I didn't need to worry about Qincha, they would arrange everything for me, I just had to do my own thing, and the tone was not small. ”

"On the tenth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

They said that they could transfer me to the royal city after this incident, and I had no doubt about their energy and means. Although I knew that they were just trying to raise me to be a more useful pawn, the temptation was too great. ”

"On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

The news from the new Di Bao and Wangcheng has already arrived, and the candidate for the Qin Cha has not yet been decided at this time? This is by no means something that Liu Jiqing can do, who are the people behind them? ”

"On the twentieth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it rained:

I didn't expect that none of the major forces in the DPRK and China wanted to come, and in the end I had to find an illiterate puppet to come and investigate the case, which is ridiculous and ridiculous, but in this way, I can sit back and relax. ”

In the diary after that, Gao Yan seemed to be a lot more relaxed, and there were a lot of homely and interesting things in the following content, and there were a lot less intrigues in the officialdom, and occasionally the owner behind the Chinese medicine shop in the city was mentioned, and it seemed that Gao Yan and them had a lot of business interests.

It wasn't until Shi Cheng and the others came to Yunqiu City that there were some changes in the content of Gao Yan's diary.

"On the twenty-eighth day of March of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

Why did the senior members of the Western Continent Pharmacists Chamber of Commerce come to the Western Desert alone? Seeing what they meant, they actually wanted me to help them get rid of the stone Cheng by any means. At present, the situation in the border area is still complicated, if this matter is done too radically and the war is summoned, even if I am not punished, I am afraid that my career will end here, do they really want me to enter the royal city? Now, however, I have no other way but to believe in them. ”

The last chapter of the diary was written yesterday.

"On the second day of the fourth month of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, it was sunny:

Sure enough, I'm just a puppet in their hands, if that Sun Jin is brave and tough to the end, the planting of Shi Cheng will definitely be revealed, and I will probably not be able to escape the fate of a scapegoat at that time. For the sake of Aqin and Yu'er, I can only go to the end. However, Gao is not a fish to be slaughtered, and I will write everything I know on the next page. I will keep this diary separately for those who are destined to do so. ”

This was the end of the diary, and the paper on which the last diary was recorded was still a little wrinkled, as if it had been wet with tears. At the back of the last diary is a page with the names of several people and a line of words.

"Feng Lang, the secretary of the ministry, Liu Jiqing, the servant of the household department, Yu He, the deputy commander of the internal guard, and the names of the rest of the people seem to be a few big businessmen engaged in the business of medicinal materials in the country. Yu Yuan and Cui Wenqing, these two people are extremely prestigious people in Wutai. How did that force recruit so many rich ministers......" Sun Jinyong muttered in a low voice, his face becoming more and more ugly.

Shi Cheng frowned, he didn't know what he was thinking about, his eyes saw the sentence behind the person's name, "Linqu Village, waste canal, Zhisha Mountain." ”

"Lord Sun, what do you think of this, do these three places have any connection with each other?"

"It's actually here! These three places ...... To be precise, it can be counted as connected. ”

Looking at Shi Cheng's puzzled gaze, Sun Jinyong explained: "You may not know that the terrain of Xihe Prefecture, where Yunqiu City is located, is high in the north and low in the south, and there are rivers in the north underground. The Xihe Prefecture government once planned to build a long canal to divert water to the water-scarce areas in the south, but after digging it for a long time, it could not be sustained due to insufficient water diversion, so the canal was abandoned, and it was called a waste canal, but although the water in the canal was shallow, it could still meet the needs of a village, and later some displaced people built a village around the waste canal, which was Linqu Village. ”

"I see, looking at the meaning of this lofty statement, I think there must be something greasy in the sand mountain."

"It should be like this, Linqu Village is also the first place where the uninhabited village case occurred, and now Gao Yan's last words also mentioned Zhisha Mountain, which is related to the village, I'm afraid I can really find any clues in it."

Sun Jinyong paced around the wooden table and shouted outside, "Someone! ”

One of the guards entered the door, saluted, and asked, "What do you command?" ”

Sun Jinyong wrote a few lines on a piece of order paper, sealed the order paper, handed it to the guard, and instructed: "You take my warrant to the city government to find Zhang Dianshi, and ask him to order someone to secretly prepare the materials on the warrant." ”

The guard took the order and left, and after he left, Shi Cheng opened his mouth and asked, "My lord, are you preparing to raid Zhisha Mountain?" ”

"That's right, time is running out, and in two days, I'll personally lead a raid there. Zhisha Mountain is not big, and it is beneficial to me, so I hope I can gain something. ”

"Shi Cheng is willing to go together."

"This ......" Sun Jinyong's face was a little hesitant.

Shi Cheng said calmly: "Since the poisoning case of the free clinic, Shi has vowed in his heart to make those people behind the scenes whose hands are stained with blood pay the price, hoping that the adults can do it." ”

At Shi Cheng's insistence, Sun Jinyong didn't stop him too much, he finally nodded, "It's okay, maybe you can see something, but this operation may be very dangerous, you have to be prepared." ”

Shi Cheng smiled slightly, "If Shi Cheng was greedy for life and afraid of death, he wouldn't have come to the Southern Wilderness." ”

Sun Jinyong looked at Shi Cheng and said with emotion: "Ah Ping didn't see the wrong person, but I fell behind before." It's getting late, so I'll send a guard to take you back." Tomorrow I will ask Hou Yu to send you to the merchant who was frightened mad by the ghost village, but you still have to keep a low profile when you travel, and the people in the city may not let go of their suspicions about you now. ”

"Thank you, then, sir."

……

"Old Shi, you're finally back." Seeing Shi Cheng coming back, Wu Neng hurriedly sat up from the bed, for a person of Wu Neng's character, it was really a mental torture to get along with a stuffy gourd like Tie Mian who couldn't make a sound with a single slap for most of the day. Even if Wu Neng was to stay alone in the inn for a day, I am afraid it would be better than staying with Iron Mask for a whole day.

"How about Lao Shi, something so big happened today, did you find any clues by following Master Sun?"

"It's been a reward." Shi Cheng poured himself a glass of water, and after drinking it in one go, he told Wu Neng and Tie Mian about today's discovery, including the important content in Gao Yan's diary.

Wu Neng was stunned: "I really didn't expect this case to involve such a large scope, but fortunately, Lao Shi, you are a Dan Master, and when you arrive in Wangcheng, take a few pills that can prolong your life, even if the lord of the Western Desert Country has to give you face, we don't have to be afraid of those bird servants." ”

Shi Cheng showed a helpless smile, "Wu Neng, you think too much about this." It is true that Danshi's status is noble, but no matter how noble his identity is, without a solid foundation to support it, he can only be duckweed on the water, which is good-looking but has to be slaughtered by others. Even if I can come up with a Zhuyu Pill that can improve my talent now, it is impossible for me to respond to it here and make people bow their heads. ”

Wu Neng was a little dumbfounded, "Huh? Lao Shi, I have little experience in the rivers and lakes, don't lie to me, you didn't say that when you were in Redwood City. ”

"Bai Jilong has been sitting in Redwood City for almost his whole life and watching the sky, although he is old, his knowledge may not be very high. The reason why I dare to brag about my identity as a Danshi in front of him is just to bully him for not seeing the world. Seriously, Wu Neng, you have traveled from the Eastern Continent to the Southern Wilderness for four years on the rivers and lakes, but I feel that you have not really looked at this rivers and lakes at all, and you should not take my rhetoric seriously. ”

Wu Neng was silent, he knew in his heart that what Shi Cheng said was true, and in the past four years, it was not so much that he had searched for clues everywhere in order to avenge the sect, but that he had fled everywhere because he was afraid of the mysterious force that had destroyed the sect. With such a negative mentality in my heart, how can I look at this river and lake seriously and thoroughly? Thinking of this, the expression on Wu Neng's face also became discouraged.

"But you don't have to be frustrated." Shi Cheng smiled at Wu Neng, "If you make good use of your skills, you can always find a way out." What I said just now is to think about the bad, if you think about the good, as long as we can gain a foothold in the royal city, with my name as a silver medal Danshi, it is not difficult to win the opportunity to contact all forces in the Western Desert Country, as long as there is a chance, there is hope. ”