Linjiang County, Shuiyun Township.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, along the river, the fish market is quite lively.

The carriage slowly stopped, and Li Xiaoer got out of the car to lead the horse and headed towards the local yamen.

Shen Yi stood in the middle of the two rows of fish baskets, breathing in the smell of fishy dampness, next to him were fishermen holding their trouser legs, talking and laughing as usual, and there were no few demon suppression captains in their eyes.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but occasionally someone glances at it casually, with hostility hidden in their eyes.

"This kind of place is like this, and it also saves the effort of dressing up." Liu Xiujie smiled before he said: "When you encounter demons in other places, your first reaction is to find the yamen, and the people here are definitely going to worship the river god." ”

"Worship God?" Shen Yi inexplicably remembered the dilapidated and broken statue of the god in Liulimiao Village.

Li Mujin yawned and joked: "I don't want to be a demon on the court list, and I don't want to hide in the mountains, so I naturally want to give myself a name." ”

"Four hundred years ago, when Shuiyun Township was still a fishing village, it relied on the river god to eat."

Liu Xiujie was a little helpless: "A small sacrifice in June, a big sacrifice in three years, has long become a custom, the small sacrifice is offered to livestock, fish and rice, and the big sacrifice is offered to boys and girls, which has never been broken. ”

Hearing this, Shen Yi clenched his palms slightly and said softly: "No one cares?" ”

Although his expression was calm, there was a trace of discomfort in his heart.

"What's the matter, you dare to speak out, this group of people will dare to attack Qingzhou City at night with a harpoon tomorrow, can you kill them all?"

Liu Xiujie shrugged: "I can only send a few captains over to help watch it when they are sacrificing, which can be regarded as a shock to the river god, so that it knows that the Demon Suppression Division is still staring at it, don't be too presumptuous." ”

"That's it, and they're guarding against it like a thief."

Under the leadership of Li Xinhan, the group left the fish market and soon came to the riverside village.

In such a remote place, it is even more lively than the city just now, with expensive silk being cut into sections and hanging on poles, bamboo statues of river gods hanging all over the eaves of every house, and occasionally the sound of firecrackers can be heard, as if it were the New Year.

A few people had just approached.

An old man in a white coat stood at the entrance of the village on crutches, and looked at it with a smile: "How many adults are here to watch the festival?" ”

"The village chief in charge of the big sacrifice, when he speaks, even the Yamen of Shuiyun Township has to be a little cautious." Ma Tao introduced in a low voice.

Li Xinhan walked around the village and slowly withdrew his eyes: "Where are the few people from the Demon Suppression Division before?" ”

Hearing this, the village chief looked back in amazement: "Aren't you the ones who watched the festival this year, I still wonder why I was so late." ”

Seeing his reaction, Li Mujin's eyes flashed with coldness.

She stepped forward and said with a smile: "Let me remind you, you can worship whatever you like, but you should know what the result will be if you do it to the captain of the Demon Suppression Division." ”

"You're laughing."

The village chief bowed his head on crutches and said with a smile: "How can we have that guts, not to mention, can't we rely on a few broken harpoons." ”

Li Mujin did not respond, but quietly walked into the village.

The young man holding the harpoon on both sides stared at her plump body, looked cold, and licked his lips.

“……”

Shen Yi indifferently took in the scene in front of him.

It's really hard to equate this group of people with the group of numb villagers on the outskirts of Baiyun County.

When they were in Liulimiao Village, those people had no hope, humilly holding their bodies and trembling, and they didn't even have the idea of escaping.

And here, this group of ordinary people can unabashedly show their greedy gaze to the poor people of the Demon Suppression Division.

Such an absurd contrast actually comes from the confidence given to them by "God".

made Shen Yi feel a little shaken for a while.

Could it be that for the people, demons are better than demon suppressors?

……

The River Temple, located in the middle of the village.

In the middle of the spacious room, there stood a gilt statue, a woman about thirty or forty years old, with a kind face, wearing a long dress of water waves, holding her palms in her heart.

On the left and right are boys and girls with horns, one carrying a fish basket and one holding a flower basket, smiling and cute.

"This statue is wrong."

Ma Tao shook his head, and under the gaze of the rest, he stretched out his hand and sneered: "Give a pair in three years, four hundred years, how can there be only two boys, it should be lined up all the way to the outside of the village." ”

Li Xinhan retracted his gaze: "You think that the group of people outside are all fools, I really believe that you are giving your children to the river god as children, they know more in their hearts than you, and it is profitable." ”

Li Mujin sat cross-legged, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.

Soon, Xiao Er came back from the yamen, his face was ugly: "There is no news, they all said that they had never seen it, and the waist card was not sent to Linjiang County by them, could it be that those captains were really intercepted by demons halfway?" ”

"The people of Linjiang County said that as soon as the morning dawned, the waist card was placed at the entrance of the yamen, so it would not be provoked by the demons and sent it." Li Xinhan frowned.

Li Mujin opened his eyes, looked at Shen Yi who was standing silently in front of the statue, and said softly: "The Yangchun River is too turbulent, if you can gather the fish together below, and throw the fishing net down, you will return with a full load, and they will respect you like a god." ”

"There are some things that are really hard to take care of."

She keenly captured the faint dissatisfaction under the seemingly indifferent appearance of the young man.

It's just a little curious, didn't the other party grow up in poverty, he should have seen it a long time ago, how could he feel uncomfortable with this kind of thing.

Time passes quickly.

It's dusk.

Everyone fell silent, and according to the custom, the Demon Suppression Division came to watch the sacrifice, and the river god would show up to meet him.

Until now, the other party has disappeared.

"It can't be that he was killed by another demon town." Li Xinhan raised his eyes.

Generally speaking, each demon has a strong sense of territory, and with the river god here, as long as it doesn't want to be on the list of hanging demons, it doesn't dare to make trouble easily, and at the same time, it can also deter passing demons.

"If so, then it should be gone too." Li Mujin smiled: "Otherwise, we can still stay here?" ”

According to records, three hundred years ago, the river god was a demon in the early stage of the Jade Liquid Realm, and now that so much time has passed, even if the demon's cultivation speed is much slower than that of the martial arts, at least it should be the late stage of the Jade Liquid Realm.

What's more, it's still a demon in the water, the Yangchun River is so vast, the other party drills into the river, even if the realm is higher than it, there is nothing to do about it.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

The village chief came to the door on crutches: "Recently, we have been preparing for the big festival, and we really can't vacate a vacant room, why don't you pick a room with your eyes together, and you will rest?" ”

Liu Xiujie rolled his eyes.

It was in this kind of place that he dared to let the people of the Demon Suppression Division go to sleep with others.

Fortunately, several people didn't pay much attention to these side branches, so they all got up and walked out, and entered the villagers' houses in groups of two.

Li Xiaoer is Li Xinhan's companion from childhood to adulthood, and Liu Ma and Liu Ma are brothers who have cooperated for many years.

Li Mujin was also greeted by a woman, and beckoned at the same time: "When you go out, don't be informal, come here." ”

"I'll just hang out."

Shen Yi deliberately fell to the end and walked slowly through the village.

He wasn't very tired, just a little dry.

It's not enough to say how angry he is, after all, it's just an understatement in his ears, and he has heard enough of the more disgusting stories in his previous life.

In the year of the Great Wilderness, there are rumors that Yi Zi eats, in this kind of demonic troubled times, it is difficult to survive, and the moral requirements for ordinary people are too high, just asking for trouble.

At this moment, a small argument came.

"Where the are you going, if you dare to stretch out your claws, the old lady will kill you!"

Shen Yi raised her eyes and looked over with some curiosity.