196. The old monk in the reeds

When Wang Qilin woke up, his eyes were straight.

He had only three thoughts in his mind: who I was, where I was, and what I was going to do......

The whole person was confused!

He patted his head, feeling like he had a concussion.

Xu Da was humming and waving his mace outside, and he pushed open the window and shouted, "Master Xu, are you sticking my head with a mace?"

These words made Xu Da inexplicable: "Seventh Master, didn't you wake up? I can smash your head with this stick!"

Wang Qilin lay in front of the window and calmed down for a while before slowly returning to normal.

In this way, he guessed that his problem was caused by the Heavenly King Reincarnation Bell, and he picked up the small bronze bell and looked at it.

Shen Xiong is clumsy and unremarkable......

Then why did you knock out the whole person after knocking on your own luck?

He patted his head and couldn't figure out what was going on, so he had to put the little clock away first.

The things that had been refined in the Creation Furnace could no longer be put in, so he hung the Heavenly King Reincarnation Bell as a pendant on his waist.

Eight Meow scratched tentatively with her paws.

It's fine.

Wang Qilin encouraged it: "Eight meows, you can try to tease it." ”

Eight Meow ran away with a smoke.

Don't be fooled!

Xu Da completed the routine morning exercise under Mu Xi's adoring gaze, which was the same as a peacock opening the screen, and then he went to dig a pond.

Wang Qilin went to practice swords.

When he first entered the fourth level of the Qi Realm, he could not skillfully control the qi turned into internal force, and the sword qi was even more difficult to control, often splitting out several sword qi with one knife and scattering it, which was not strong in lethality and a waste of energy, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Uncle Jin came to him: "Seventh Master, Lin Zhutou of Fucheng is here to visit you." ”

Wang Qilin wiped his sweat and said, "Tell him I'm not at home." ”

"This early morning ......"

"Simple, tell him I was out catching ghosts last night and didn't come back all night. ”

Uncle Jin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and reject him." ”

Wang Qilin was very annoyed by Lin Zhongying, his liver was hot in the early morning, and he couldn't help beating this villain when he met him.

Breakfast was solved diagonally across the door as usual, but Wang Qiaoniang was reluctant and said: "We have people in our own family, how can we go to the restaurant every day? Today I made breakfast with your fifth sister and sixth sister, there are millet porridge, dumplings, steamed flatbread and fried pickle cake, let's eat at home." ”

Black Bean shook his head: "The family is not as delicious as Aunt Suisui's cooking, I'm going to the next restaurant!"

Wang Qiaoniang casually touched a sea bowl and lifted it up.

The posture of splitting Huashan!

Everything can be a weapon!

Black Bean quickly changed his words: "My mother's cooking is delicious, and Dou loves to eat my mother's food, so don't go to the restaurant." ”

The more I talk about it, the sadder I become, but what can I do? I'm just a child who is oppressed by life.

The pickle cake baked by my sister is indeed very fragrant, Wang Qilin thought for a while and said, "Then eat it at home." ”

He was worried that Lin Zhongying was watching outside, and how embarrassing it would be.

When Wang Liuwu and his wife moved over, they also moved the pickle jar, and the pickles pickled last year were eaten this year, which was already very delicious.

Uncle Jin went to the forest at night to touch some monkeys, he put them in the jar and pickled them, and rolled them in oil in the morning, and they tasted fragrant.

There are many mountains and forests outside the county, and there are many monkeys, and Uncle Jin touched more than 40 in one night.

This became a dish, and Wang Qiaoniang served it with fried pickle cakes, and the oily monkey was particularly eye-catching.

Xu Da was about to grab it, but Wang Qilin took the plate first, and divided the monkey according to the head.

There are many monkeys that have been touched, but there are more people in the post house, and there are nine in Wang Qilin's family alone, so that one person will know three monkeys.

However, Wang Liuwu and his wife were reluctant to eat and gave it to their grandson together.

Wang Qilin's sisters are also sensible, and they all gave their own monkeys to black beans, except for Wang Liuqiao, Wang Liuqiao put the monkey into his mouth for the first time.

Seeing this, Wang Liuwu was very angry: "So greedy, look at how you marry in the future!"

Wang Liuqiao looked at his father in surprise and said, "Aren't you and my mother the most worried that I can't get married?"

Wang Liuwu had nothing to say.

Wang Qilin looked at the bunch of monkeys in front of the black beans, and said, "Pig Valley Bun, let's make a game of knowing monkeys, okay?"

The black beans were stuffy and ate hard, and their cheeks were bulging like hamsters.

You want to trick me again? Absolutely not!

Xu Da rolled the pickle cake with a flatbread and asked, "Seventh Master, is there nothing wrong today?"

Wang Qilin said: "How can it be okay? We have to go and find out the news of Hou Decai and the prison." ”

The thing in the prison is too evil, Xie Toad didn't want to touch it, so he said, "Isn't this matter up to the adults?

Wang Qilin said while chewing the cake: "The matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, this matter is a big matter, although it is said that we don't need to take care of it in name, but if we really don't care, we can't say it." Otherwise, we have to investigate old cases, or go to coax the sons of Fucheng, just these options, you choose yourself. ”

Xie Toad didn't take the usual path, he took a path by himself: "I choose to stay at home and cultivate." ”

The main thing is that the weather is too hot and I really don't want to go out.

Wang Qiaoniang added porridge to them and asked casually, "What about the stunned master?"

Wang Qilin said: "Send him to the countryside for the time being, and let him go to the countryside to find the Buddha's heart." ”

He sent Shen Yi to Ma Ming as an assistant, Ma Ming's experience in the rivers and lakes matched with Shen Yi's skills, the demons and monsters in Xiaoshui Town were unlucky.

Before the sun began to release poison, they had breakfast and wiped their mouths and hurried out.

At this time, Uncle Jin probed and said, "Seventh Master, the county government sent you a letter and asked you to attend the review meeting at the end of the month." ”

The assembly is a meeting, and the review meeting is a large-scale meeting of the local yamen, and the chief officials of the military and political affairs under their jurisdiction must participate.

Wang Qilin said: "There are still a few days before the end of the month, so I'm not busy." ”

He went out and rushed to Fulong Township to investigate Hou Decai's affairs arranged by Xiang Wei.

It was noon when I arrived in Fulong Township, and when I saw their figures, the shopkeeper of Juxianglou hurriedly shrank his head and ran back.

The last time he came to the township, he had already invited guests, and he came again in a few days, what should I do?

He didn't dare to do this, after seeing what Lord Wang meant, he was afraid that he would come every three or five days, and if he was every three or five times, please ......

His family has to go bankrupt!

After all, Wang Qilin never came to eat alone, he dragged his family to come, and there was such a rice bucket as Xu Da.

And he doesn't just drag his family, he also brings pets!

I wish the shopkeeper to be served, I have seen wool, but I have never seen even sheepskin.

Xiang Wei went to the village to handle the case, and there was only one Dong Jihu in the post office.

Seeing Wang Qilin's arrival, Dong Jihu hurriedly served herbal tea and fruits enthusiastically, eager to pinch Wang Qilin's shoulders and legs.

Wang Qilin waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't be courteous, you have something to say." ”

Dong Jihu said aggrievedly: "Seventh Master, when will you transfer me back to the county seat? You see that there are so many people in this small township, there is no need for so many, what is this called? Waste of talent!"

Wang Qilin said: "This is okay. ”

Dong Jihu's heart was full of joy.

"But!"

Dong Ji's tiger heart flower withered.

"However, you have to find Hou Decai for me, as long as you can find Hou Decai, I will transfer all of you back to the county seat. ”

Dong Jihu smiled bitterly and said: "Seventh Master, please believe me, our brothers are really doing their best to do things for you, especially Boss Xiang, he can admire you now, he told us that Seventh Master, you are capable, young and heavy, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future, and we will definitely not be able to suffer losses if we do it with you......"

"Alright, okay, don't be a sycophant. Xu Da said impatiently, "We're here to do business." ”

Wang Qilin waved his hand and said, "Let him speak." ”

He's pretty good in his heart.

Dong Jihu said that this pile just wanted to pave the way for a sentence: they really didn't have a good relationship with Hou Decai, and they didn't find Hou Decai's whereabouts during this time.

It was already lunch, and Xiang Wei came back with people.

After seeing Wang Qilin, he hugged his fist and saluted him: "Seventh Master, you are here." ”

He is really convinced by Wang Qilin now, Wang Qilin is his nobleman, and he has been promoted from Youxing to Xiaoyin, so he can be regarded as an official.

Although he originally thought that Wang Qilin was looking for himself to be a substitute for the dead ghost, but after the Qin Jin robbery case was solved, he survived safely, so he was full of gratitude to Wang Qilin.

This is the grace of promotion, which is comparable to reinvention in officialdom.

Wang Qilin said: "Well, what kind of case are you going to do?"

Xiang Wei said: "There is a family in the morning something happened, when Yin Shi and Mao Shi meet, their daughter-in-law suddenly fell to the ground and died, and then the family dog barked, the ancestral tablet for the family all fell, they found that something was wrong and came to report the case, I went to see, there was a ghost hidden in his house, this ghost was on the body of his daughter-in-law. ”

Wang Qilin asked, "And then?"

Xiang Wei said: "I obey the instructions of the seventh master, and there may be a secret behind every strange thing, so I let the ghost regain the body of my daughter-in-law and ask her what is going on." ”

It turned out that the daughter-in-law of this family had died of illness, and her husband had also died in his early years, and there were still fathers and mothers and young children at home, and they taught her a spell to continue to possess and stay in the sun to take care of the elderly and children in the family. ”

"So I didn't kill her, but registered her information in the register, and interrogated her logistically, as long as she stayed in Yangshi to take care of her family, then I felt that there was nothing wrong with it. ”

Wang Qilin nodded and said, "You did a good job, but you have to follow her situation in the future, and be careful that it is talking nonsense." ”

Speaking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he asked again: "Then why did she leave her ghost today?"

The intersection of Yin and Mao is very important, and he was almost unconscious at this point in time.

"Oh, the lowly was about to report this, and she said she heard a very loud bell, and she was terrified. ”

After hearing this, Wang Qilin subconsciously touched the small bell hanging on his waist: Could this be the function of the Heavenly King Reincarnation Bell? After ringing, the sound can be transmitted far away, and then deter demons and monsters?

He could only guess that he couldn't put it into practice, and in the morning he played the bell once and fell unconscious, which was a bit too terrible for him to experiment at will.

Dong Jihu went to order wine and food and came back, and the group gathered together to drink tea and eat food bare-chested, much like a group of splashes gathered together.

When they finished eating, the real splash came, and their eyes moistened when they saw Xu Dahou: "Uncle, you have gone to the county seat to live happily, and you have abandoned the brothers in this rural land, as the so-called wife of the chaff cannot be abandoned......

"What's that?" Xu was anxious.

Hou Jun said aggrievedly: "Uncle, San'er means that if you can't use it up, we'll leave!"

Xu Dafu said: "If you can't speak, don't talk about it, then you also want to go to the county seat?"

"The turtle grandson doesn't want to go to the county seat. A cheeky one said.

Xu Dadao: "Then you should say it earlier, okay, you go back to pack your luggage, and then go to the county seat, and then I will find you a job to see if you can take root in the county seat." ”

This is also what Wang Qilin meant, they wanted to get their own people to the county seat early on, and listened to the news of the market where the Tianjian handled the case, and only with their own people could they easily solve the case.

It's just that they didn't know the situation in the city when they first went to the county seat before, so they couldn't rashly bring people in, but now that Wang Qilin has broken the Qin Jin Tribulation, he can be regarded as having a firm foothold in Tingtianjian and can develop his own power.

Listening to Xu Da's words, a group of splashes were excited, and they knelt down and pouted their butts and called uncle.

Eight Meow shook his head when he saw it, and he walked over with a cat's step to show them how to kneel.

Ass is going to be cocked!

Seeing this, the wandering star wrestlers asked Wang Qilin if they could go back to the county seat.

Wang Qilin said: "Catch Hou Decai's stinky pig guy, and you can go back." Oh, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to insult a pig. ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone was immediately depressed: "Hou Decai's old man who is not as good as pigs and dogs is very good at hiding, and he can't find it." ”

"Yes, he's like a mouse, as if he's buried in the ground, and there's nowhere to find him. ”

Wang Qilin said: "Let's investigate first, he is hiding very deep now, but this does not mean that there are no clues to be found." ”

Having said that, he actually didn't have much confidence, the last time Li Changge arrived, they talked about it, and the silver general Taiba of Yunzhou Mansion had personally rushed to Jixiang County to investigate Hou Decai and the prison, but so far nothing has been found.

This silver general is a master, he raised a spirit beast as a pet like Wang Qilin, he raised a crow, to die, to live on ghosts, and there are hundreds of ghosts trapped in the prison, itself has a forest of ghosts, so it should be easy to find.

But Taiba has not gained anything for a long time, which is more strange.

He told the story and shouted to Wei: "It turns out that the strange old eagle was raised by Lord Yinjiang? Alas, the water washed the Dragon King Temple." ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Qilin asked.

Xiang Wei said frustratedly: "We found out that Hou De has a concubine named Shui Gu, this old lady will drive birds and beasts, that day we caught up with her and saw that we wanted to hold her, but we found that a strange black eagle appeared, we thought it was the help of this old lady, so we did it with it......"

"Can you be the crow's opponent?" Xie Toad was taken aback.

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "We were almost killed by the crows, which made the water girl run away." ”

The white tiger touched the door of his head and said, "No wonder the black eagle didn't kill us, it turned out that it was the personal pet of Lord Yinjiang." ”

Wang Qilin couldn't help but shake his head, unlucky, he actually accepted such a group of stupid subordinates.

The township is okay for the time being, he left a wandering star and a wrestler to guard the door, and the others all went to the waters where the water girl disappeared last time.

This is the upper reaches of the Fulong River, the section of the river is called Tieniu Chong, this section of the river has the most fierce flow, and an iron ox can be washed away.

Wang Qilin stood on the bank of the river and looked at the four directions, the widest part of this section of the river has to be forty or fifty steps, the water flow is turbulent, bringing up the mud and sand is a little turbid, standing on the bank and looking down, only see the yellow-gray mud rolling and flowing, can not see what is under the water.

On both sides of the river grow lush reeds, which grow particularly luxuriantly, and even grow with reeds at the narrowest part of the river.

Xu Da pulled up his trouser leg and was about to go down the river, but Wang Qilin stopped him and shook his head: "If their boat can really dive into the water, it can't be touched by people wading through the water." ”

As a result, Xu Da said: "I don't go down to touch the boat, but to touch the snails and step on the mussels, let's go back at night to get a sauce and fry the snails and pair them with a pot of wine, isn't that beautiful?"

Xiang Wei pointed to a poplar tree behind him and said: "At that time, the crow was on that tree, and then the water girl ran from that side, and a boat came out of the reeds, and the tiger smelled the smell of water on Hou Decai's body, so we knew that he must be on the boat, but it is very strange that this boat can sink into the water." ”

Wang Qilin snorted, the time he had awakened to awaken the Nose God Chong Longyu was still short, and he was not very good at using it, and he didn't smell any abnormal smell.

The river is so fast that there are no boats around, but some people have put nets here to catch fish.

When the netting person arrived, Wang Qilin asked: "Uncle, the younger generation is polite, and I want to ask you for news." ”

The old fisherman grinned and said, "If the adult has something to say, it doesn't hurt to ask, the old man knows everything." ”

Wang Qilin said: "May I ask my husband, have you come to the net to fish every day in the past few days?"

The old fisherman nodded.

"Has the amount of fish you caught changed during this time?"

"There is a change, there are fewer fish. ”

Wang Qilin asked again: "Then have you ever seen anything strange?"

The old fisherman thought for a moment and said, "I once saw an old monk appear in the reeds, and he was carrying a few perch and carp in his hand. ”

"But there is no temple around here, where did the old monk come from? Why do you want to release fish here? I think it's weird. ”

"Besides, the old man has been fishing all his life, and he can't tell if the fish has just been caught?

Wang Qilin asked, "Do you still have an impression of what he looks like?"

As he spoke, he beckoned, and Xiang Wei immediately took out a scroll of portraits and unfolded them, on which were the front portrait and side face painting of Hou Decai.

The old fisherman nodded hurriedly and said, "It's a bit like, but the old monk has no hair or beard." ”

After getting this news, Wang Qilin was immediately excited, and he found out Hou Decai's news?

Although the news about Hou Decai's exact location was not found, it was something after all, which was very morale-boosting.

Wang Qilin thanked the old fisherman and gave him a reward of ten copper baht, and the old fisherman was very happy and gave him a big catfish, saying that it was delicious to make an iron pot catfish.

Then he said, "My lord, the old man is old, and his brain is not very good, so he can't remember things very clearly. The person in the portrait just now is somewhat similar to the old monk I saw, but I don't feel exactly the same, I wonder if I'm mistaken? Maybe my words won't help you. ”

Wang Qilin said: "It's already helped me a lot." ”

He took the catfish back and handed it to Xu Da, and asked, "How far is the nearest temple around from here?" No wonder there has been no news of Hou Decai, and it is very likely that he hid in the temple and became a fake monk. ”

Xiang Wei said: "There are only two temples in our entire county, one is Duowen Temple and the other is Wukong Temple, the two temples are not close to here, relatively speaking, Duowen Temple should be closer." ”

Wang Qilin said: "You go back to the township first, and then continue to stare at Shuigu's family and continue to investigate related matters." But don't be in a hurry to startle the snake if you find something in the future, you have to report to me first, and I will arrange it. ”

He wanted to go to the temple to check the news of Hou Decai by himself, and disguised himself to investigate, in this case, it is easy to do bad things when there are many people.