This case stumped Wang Qilin.

As well-informed as Xie Toad, he doesn't know what's going on.

Wang Qilin even guessed that this incident was so similar to what Daoist Jin Hui encountered back then, and the incident back then was related to the Suduo Pocha outside the Six Paths, so could this matter also be related to the Six Paths?

Although Daoist Jin Hui and Luo Shui later found the place of the incident, neither the victim was found.

Could it be that the victim has already been taken outside the six realms?!

So a very bold guess appeared in his heart: Is it possible that the place of the incident is actually outside the Six Paths?

Could the mountain village that Jin Hui, Jin Yao, and Qiu Gongzi's father encounter that day be outside the Six Paths? Could the fleet have been outside the Six Paths a few days ago?

He didn't say this guess, but changed direction and said: "Go back, go to the city, since you went to Huaiqing Mansion to report the case, then I want to see what Huaiqing Mansion said." ”

As the flying boat walked back, passing a small village on the riverbank, Wang Qilin asked them to dock the boat to the dock.

There is a small wharf on the river island, with about a dozen thatched huts, large and small.

It is inhabited by fishermen's families, and every household is drying their fishing nets and dried fish, and you can smell the fishy smell as soon as you go up.

Ma Ming asked, "Seventh Master, go and inquire about the past few days?"

Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "Buy dried fish, buy fresh fish, buy whatever parallel goods you have, and then talk." ”

It was afternoon, and many fishing boats had gone out to fish and had not yet returned, and there were only a few old people in the village who were watching the children and fishing nets.

There are no clan elders in the small village, they are not a family, but fishermen who have migrated from all over the world, and they can no longer survive in their hometown, so they come to this place to make a living by fishing, and slowly settle down on this sandbar.

More than a dozen old women were fishing for fishing nets on a flat open field at the southern end of the sandbank, and Xu Da quickly found the leader among them, so he took out a handful of copper baht and shook it and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to buy fish, dried fish and fresh fish, how do you sell them here?"

The woman in the lead was full of silver hair, but she was in good spirits and in good health, her eyes were bright when she saw people, and she was quick with her hands and feet, and not only repaired her own fishing nets, but she would also help if the nets were so bad.

Listening to Xu Da's words, the old woman smiled and said, "Look at my age, what do you call me?"

Xu Da gasped: "No, right? Are you fishing in the river so old? Then should I call you big sister?"

Several old women laughed, Xu Da also laughed, and said, "Sister-in-law, I am serious and want to buy some fish and shrimp, what do you have here?"

The old woman in the lead said: "Don't be a fisherman who has no knowledge, you are wearing an official robe, where did you come from?"

Xu Da said: "The official master likes to eat fish and shrimp, do you have it here?"

The old woman said, "Yes, there is also a freshly caught Yellow River carp, a ten-pound fish only costs twenty copper baht, how about the price?"

Xu Dadao: "Justice, we want as much as you have." ”

When they heard this, several old women became excited, and they put down their fishing nets to go home to collect their catch.

Carp, herring, grass carp, bighead carp, crucian carp, and the common freshwater fish in the river are all found in the village.

The variety of dried fish is even richer, as well as the river shrimp skin and small shrimp that are dried by themselves, and the village has cleaned up a lot of things.

Xu Da happily bought them all, he asked Luo Shui to clean up these things, and asked, "Do you remember this girl?"

The old woman in the lead nodded solemnly and said, "You are really the same as the officials in the city, and you are all here to inquire about the affairs of Twenty Miles. ”

The old woman next to her hugged her grandson and said, "Of course we remember this girl, she suddenly rushed to us with people, you look at her appearance, her hair is yellow, her face is very long, she looks very scary, how scary is the sudden appearance at night? How can we forget?"

Another old woman said bluntly: "She is a madman, the people on both of their boats are crazy, and when they came, they said that they had encountered a ghost ship, saying that many of them were killed by ghosts, so let's report to the official quickly." Of course we have to report to the police quickly, can we not report to the police when we meet a madman?"

Wang Qilin stood not far away and looked at the overall situation, and he noticed that when the old woman said 'ghost ship', the silver-haired old woman frowned and looked around.

Problematic!

The women chattered non-stop, the fishermen were already loud and good at chatting, Xu Da spent a lot of money to buy the fresh and dry goods they had accumulated, but they were beautiful, so he was naturally willing to tell Xu Da what he knew.

But what they say is nonsense.

Half of what I said was what I was scared after seeing Luoshui and others that night, it is worth noting here that there is a family whose dog has been pregnant for more than a month and has not yet reached the time of delivery, and it turned out that this incident scared it into premature birth......

The other half was talking about the officials who had suddenly arrived a few days ago, and they had come to the sandbank to check on the fishermen's family and ask them about the fleet and the disciples of the Baichuan Sect, but they didn't ask anything.

The woman with a loud voice shouted: "We don't know anything, we say that there are more than 20 boats and more than 100 people, and although the 20-mile swing is big, but so many people and boats are gone, it is impossible to find even a shadow." ”

Someone secretly hit her with an elbow, and the woman was inexplicable: "What are you doing hitting me?"

The person next to him whispered: "Bigfoot daughter-in-law, shut up, people spend money to buy our things just to find us for useful news, we don't have any news, aren't people spending money in vain?"

Everyone clenched their money bags, for fear that the money would be asked back.

Wang Qilin raised his eyebrows at Xu Da and glanced at the woman with silver hair.

Xu Da said: "It's not early today, it's better to stay here tonight, how about we spend the night here with you, and give twenty copper baht for accommodation in a house?"

The old women rushed home to clean up their houses.

The old woman with silver hair was about to leave, but Xu Da stopped her and handed her a few dried shrimps: "Sister-in-law, your dried shrimp taste so good, and there is oil, what's the matter?"

When the others saw that he had stopped the old woman with silver hair, they subconsciously looked at him, and when they heard his words, they relaxed and continued to walk home.

Wang Qilin also grabbed a handful of dried shrimp to eat, and asked, "What do you call your sister-in-law?"

The old woman sighed and said, "The old husband's surname is Yao, and the adults call the old man Mrs. Yao." ”

"It turned out to be the sister-in-law of the Yao family," Wang Qilin smiled, "Listening to the words of the eldest sister-in-law, you should be a person who has seen the world?

Mrs. Yao said: "My lord praised it falsely, what has the world seen by the old man and the wife of a fisherman? But the old husband's family did have a good life for a few years, and it was said that the family background was good, and it was a bit big, so it can only be said that he had eaten a few years of food. ”

Wang Qilin asked: "I know from what you said that the eldest sister-in-law is a sensible person, so can you say something that you haven't told the yamen?"

Mrs. Yao sighed again.

Wang Qilin said sincerely: "Sister-in-law, you should know that there was indeed an accident a few days ago, and a fleet did hit a ghost ship, and one hundred and two men died in an unknown way. ”

"And it's not a hundred and two dead men, it's a hundred and two men who were killed! One hundred and two families are gone, one hundred and two mothers have no sons, I don't know how many women have lost their husbands, how many children have lost their fathers!"

Mrs. Yao said: "My lord, I don't need to say it anymore, the old body understands what you mean, alas, you are different from the officials who came before, you are not only willing to spend money, but also willing to talk to us, instead of ordering us to kneel down and talk, you are good officials." ”

Wang Qilin said: "We are ordinary officials, and those are bad officials. There is no way in this world, there are too many bad officials, and it seems that ordinary officials have become good officials. ”

Mrs. Yao laughed, and she said, "My lord, in fact, the old body can't help you much, I can only tell you that the ghost ship really exists!"

"When the fleet passed by our river bank the other day, we saw it, and at that time my youngest son wanted to sell their things, but they refused to buy it, and drove my youngest son away. ”

"My youngest son is a fisherman, and my husband's family is also a fisherman, and he has been here for 50 years. ”

Xie Toad suddenly asked, "Sister-in-law, how old are you?"

Mrs. Yao smiled and said, "Daoist, it's really similar to you calling me my sister-in-law, I'm seventy-five years old this year." ”

Xu Da said in surprise: "I really can't see it, old lady, your face is very ruddy, and your ears and eyes are clear, just now I saw that you walked steadily, tiger and tiger, just look at your body bones, say that you are forty years old and some people believe it!"

Wang Qilin said in a deep voice: "Don't interrupt my sister-in-law's words first, let her continue, please tell me what is going on with the ghost ship." ”

Mrs. Yao said: "When my husband first brought me to this riverbank, there was no one here, so my husband saved money to buy a broken boat to fish for a living. ”

"Just when he bought a boat and went fishing for the first time, he ran into the ghost boat you want to inquire about, the wedding boat for kissing!"

She looked at Luo Shui and said, "That boat is made of mahogany, with a circle of big lanterns, the lanterns glow white, and someone is blowing and blowing on the bow of the boat, right?"

Luo Shui exclaimed excitedly: "Yes, that's right!"

She looked at Wang Qilin and the others and said, "Look, look, there really is this ship!

Mrs. Yao said: "Yes, it has appeared, my husband ran into it the first time he fished, and he almost didn't come back!"

"My husband is a person who has studied, and he doesn't say anything strange and confused, but there are real things like strange powers. ”

"My husband saw this ship floating out of the twenty-mile swing in the evening, and he felt that something was wrong, at that time this waterway had not yet been developed, unlike now, there is a fleet of ships, and there are no people around, so where is the happy boat to pick up relatives?"

"And it was evening when he hit the wedding boat, who picked up the bride at night?"

He was so frightened that he lay on the boat and hid with his eyes closed. ”

"That boat is scary, it has been revolving around my husband's boat, it wants my husband's life, but my husband is hiding in the boat, it seems to have no choice but to circle around it. ”

"In the end, my husband picked up a life, and when he came back, he was scared and had a serious illness, but fortunately he had a big life, and finally survived the disaster. ”

"But this ship is too scary, my family wanted to move away, but there was no money and nowhere to go, but fortunately, for many years later, this strange red happy boat did not appear again, until a few days ago!"

Xie Toad said: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, sister-in-law, your husband's ability to survive that serious illness is not because of his fate, but because of his profound cultivation, right?"

Mrs. Yao looked at him in surprise and asked, "What did the real person see?"

Xie Toad pointed to her heart, and then to the bottom of her dantian.

Wang Qilin and Xu Da hurriedly pressed his arm: "It's disrespectful for the old man." "Sister-in-law, don't care, he's not a flower priest. ”

Just as Xie Toad was about to put on the posture of a master outside the world, he pushed the two of them away and shouted: "Immeasurable Tianzun, the old Taoist wants to say that this sister-in-law has a Dao heart and a Qi Pill!

Mrs. Yao said: "What the real person said is very true, the old body did practice the Taoist golden pill technique, and my husband also practiced it, but this has nothing to do with the fact that he was able to avoid the persecution of the ghost ship, because he actually got a copy of the golden pill secret technique from the ghost boat!"

Wang Qilin asked, "What is this Jindan secret technique called?"

Mrs. Yao hesitated, her face showing a look of chagrin, she realized that she had just been impulsive and revealed a secret.

Xie Toad smiled and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, sister-in-law don't worry, all of us have cultivation in our bodies, and we won't covet your family's secret arts." ”

Wang Qilin added: "We will also help you keep this secret. ”

He struck out, and five flying swords began to weave through the crowd.

Seeing him show this hand, Mrs. Yao was immediately relieved, and she said cautiously: "This exercise is also obtained by my family by chance, and it is not an old body, so the old body does not dare to expose it easily, so as not to cause trouble." ”

Wang Qilin understood what she meant, so he promised: "We will never expose its news!"

Mrs. Yao smiled and said: "It's okay, if the adults can find the owner of this exercise, then it's better to return it to others, oh, this exercise is called "Lifting Heaven Gate Operation Casting Pill Technique", have you ever heard the name of this exercise?"

Xie Toad's eyes straightened.

Wang Qilin said, "I think I've heard this exercise somewhere?"

"Jinshan faction!"

Xie Toad popped out three words from between his teeth.

Wang Qilin's eyes also straightened.

Jinshan faction.

Jin Hui real people.

Jin Yao Daochang.

He hurriedly asked the old lady, "Old sister-in-law, do you know how your husband got this secret?"

The old lady shook her head and said: "He didn't know it himself, when he was lying on the boat to avoid the ghost boat, the ghost ship was circling around, and then he heard the sound of fish jumping out of the water, and also heard something falling on the boat, so he waited for the ghost ship to disappear to check the situation on the boat, and then found this secret book." ”

Wang Qilin said to Xie Toad: "This ship is related to the disappearance of Daoist Jin Yao?

Xie Toad said with a solemn expression: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this secret book must be related to the Jinshan Sect, the "Lifting Heavenly Gate Operational Planning and Casting Pill Technique" is the Jinshan Sect's Jindan Great Technique, as for whether it is from the hand of Jin Yao Dao Chief, it is difficult to say." ”

"Daoist Jin Yao?" the old lady asked rhetorically, "There is a Daoist named Jin Yao?"

Wang Qilin knew that he was definitely going to gain something.

The old lady said, "Come with the old man, and look at this secret book for yourselves." ”

Her family is in the first household near the dock, and she has two fierce-looking dogs.

After these two dogs saw Jiuliu, they turned into licking dogs, and they came up and licked Jiuliu's cheeks.

Eight meows went up and gave the two of them a paw: I don't think you guys take my meow in your eyes!

Wang Qilin raised his foot to drive them away: These two goods are very beautiful, what's the matter, do you want to humiliate the whole husband?

The old woman came into the house and after a little tinkering, she quickly came out and handed them a thick pamphlet, the size of a palm.

I don't know if the cover of the booklet is cowhide or lambskin, it is very strong, the surface is rendered with indigo, and a series of words are written on the "Lifting Heavenly Gate Operation Research and Casting Dan Technique".

Flipping through the booklet, there are two words on the reverse side: Jin Yao.

Xie Toad said solemnly: "It is very likely that it is the secret book left by Daoist Jin Yao, but how did he come to this place? He disappeared in the mountains, Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, what is the relationship between this?"

Wang Qilin asked the old woman, "Old sister-in-law, do you remember the time when your husband encountered the ghost ship?"

The old woman said, "Exactly fifty years ago!"

It has been 60 years since Jin Yaozhen disappeared.

It's hard to associate things together, but news about this mystery has finally appeared.

Wang Qilin honestly told Mrs. Yao what happened between Jin Yao and Jin Hui, this person is very sensible, she handed over the secret book to Wang Qilin, entrusted him to return it to the Jinshan faction, and did not go to the greedy people's things.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that her descendants cannot cultivate.

She told everyone that her husband wanted to cultivate after getting this secret book, but he couldn't practice the Qi Pill, so she couldn't do anything, but she happened to try it and actually cultivated the Qi Sense in the Dantian.

This is one of the reasons why she has been able to live in good health until now.

Wang Qilin handed over the cheats to Xu Da and said, "It's not early, let's arrange the room, and then go find a place to eat fish and discuss the case by the way." ”

"Now that the vote begins, who wants to sleep with Xu Ye?"

The big guy looked at Xu Da's big feet and resolutely disliked him......

But they have to thank Xu Da, Xu Da's money was not spent in vain, and when they learned that they were going to stew fish on the dock to eat, the people on the river island sent guys to lend them to cook.

Mrs. Yao lent them a small iron pot, and the water that the people of Shazhou drank was the water of the Yellow River, and the water of the river was naturally used for fish stewing.

The fishermen who returned late came by boat, and they immediately trembled and trembled when they learned the identity of Wang Qilin and his party.

Knowing that they had spent money to buy fresh and dry goods, these family members were so frightened that they wanted to pee their pants, and hurriedly asked for money from their families to return it to Wang Qilin.

Wang Qilin couldn't cry or laugh, saying that he was not greedy for the people's property, did not take a stitch from the people, and did not eat the people's rice and porridge.

The men exhaled the breeze on their sleeves, but Wang Qilin and the others did not eat for nothing, they were not steady, and they still insisted on sending some freshly caught big carp, river shrimp, river crabs and other things.

Wang Qilin couldn't refuse, so he could only accept these things, and someone fried the snails with sauce and sent them: "Adults, you eat this, this wine, but now in spring, the snails are not fat, and you will come back in the summer and autumn, and the villain will let the mother-in-law make fat for you to eat." ”

Seeing them cook by themselves, the man was taken aback, quickly confessed and called his mother-in-law to work.

Wang Qilin was polite to them, but the people who gave them politeness were panicked, and he had no choice but to retreat when he saw this.

Shen Yi said: "Seventh Master, what about the breeze on your sleeves?"

Wang Qilin said: "Tomorrow, let's leave them some money, won't we?"

After a period of buffering, the blonde woman's mood has improved a lot, and she can't bear to see the tired fishermen coming to help cook and cook, so she does it herself.

She neatly pinched a lot of aquatic plants at the edge of the riverbank, and came back and clicked and cut into sections, and a fisherwoman said, "The girl knows how to do it." ”

Wang Qilin asked, "What do you know?"

The blonde woman said casually while cutting the fish: "This is water knotweed, it is not as bitter as other wild grasses, its stems and leaves have a spicy taste, very strong and spicy, it is best used to stew fish, it can remove the fish." ”

Wang Qilin recognized it, the water knotweed grows thin and long, the color is purple-red, it looks very special compared with other wild grasses, and it is also very easy to recognize.

Stewed river fish in river water, he originally thought that he would rely on this dish to fill his stomach tonight, but someone killed two chickens and brought them to them.

Our folks are so welcoming!