Chapter 173: Slowly

Author: Dragon Slaughter

Chapter 173: Slowly

As soon as Ding Chengyuan said this, even though the people in the pavilion were shocked and angry, they could not help but look at the young man together, with a little sympathy in their eyes.

Qi Jingzhi frowned slightly, and after thinking about it, he asked Zang Hailiang, the commander of the county army, and said, "Dare you ask Zang Dutong, the team of soldiers who left the city to find the body of the Ji Duwei in the evening were killed or injured? The number of people entering and leaving the county city today has increased and decreased significantly. Have you ever encountered interception and investigation outside the city?"

Zang Hailiang was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said, "The team of soldiers under my command did not even see the shadow of the thief, so naturally it was not damaged. As for the people, although no one was deliberately paying attention, he did not hear anything unusual outside the city."

Qi Jingzhi nodded and looked at Anfeng Hou and said, "Mr. Ding Hou Mingjian, those who have made ill-thinking plans can intercept and kill the demon-suppressing commander, and even first assassinate the City God Yinsi, but it is unlikely that the entire county city will be surrounded like an iron barrel. Otherwise, they will directly attack the city from the East Gate, and there is no need to spread rumors and commit a bloody murder."

"Therefore, you don't have to send a letter to ask for help. The adults chose a few confidants who were not good at practicing and pretended to be ordinary people and went out of the city. Although the pace was slower, they could still deliver the urgent documents."

Ding Chengyuan's eyes flashed, nodded and shook his head: "I have sent people, but you have also said that ordinary people are slow to walk, so they can collect the bodies of us when reinforcements from the city and counties arrive!"

He paused, and said, as if he was self-deprecating and reminding, "People may try to get out of the city, but everyone present is all famous and surnamed figures in the county town, so they should not have such thoughts in their hearts."

After hearing what Anfeng Hou said, the county magistrate Han Songde immediately slapped the armrest of the seat and said sternly: "We are grateful to the Lord of the Country. At this time of crisis, we should fulfill our loyal duties and safeguard the people. We will never dare to fear death and avoid disasters, which will bring shame to thousands of years!"

As a warrior, Zang Hailiang spoke a little slower, and at this time he could only say in silence: "The same is true for me. The only one in the county army is to die to repay the country's kindness!"

Cui Zitao's face seemed not very good, and he also expressed his opinion: "As the magistrate of Changle County, Cui also has the responsibility to defend the territory. I would like to attach all the great masters to the tail!"

So, everyone's eyes focused on Qi Jingzhi again.

By this time, Qi Jingzhi had already figured it out. He had been swaying in the city all day and had been seen by those who were interested. He was definitely not the right person to break through and deliver the letter. Ding Chengyuan asked him to come, and he was not the one who made the decision.

"In fact, not to mention being a messenger, even if you are walking around the city alone, Cui Zitao and I rushed from the county government to the Anfeng Marquis' Mansion. I must have made another bait along the way, but the person behind the scenes has never bite the hook."

"Hey, Cui Zitao wants to revive his family, but it is not as simple as Ding Chengyuan said just now. Perhaps Cui Zitao has already made a contribution to taking the initiative to make bait in the future from the comments made by the Marquis of Anfeng to the king. As for whether my insignificant attacks can be brought up by the insignificant attack, it depends on the mood of Anfeng Hou."

This thought arose in his heart. When Qi Jingzhi looked at Ding Chengyuan, the man who was deeply cunning and cold in his heart, he became more vigilant in his heart.

He didn't care about any credit, nor did he like to be forced by others. However, the current situation is indeed as dangerous as it is. Even if it is just for his own life, he had to tie the people in this pavilion first.

After thinking about this festival, Qi Jingzhi stopped hesitating and walked straight to opposite Cui Zitao, sat down at Zang Hailiang's lower head.

This action can be seen as his statement on behalf of the Demon Suppression Academy, so everyone here looked slightly relaxed and nodded to this military officer who had no grade.

“So good!”

Ding Chengyuan smiled, then stood up and looked around the pavilion: "You must have known that the recent days are the most dangerous time in the Jiuzhen County City. It is hard to say that the thieves will launch tonight. This marquis will invite several people to the pavilion after the nightfall."

After saying that, without waiting for everyone to react, he suddenly walked quickly to the huge bronze incense burner in the center of the warm cabinet and opened the cover of the furnace.

In an instant, it seemed that there was a brilliant golden light in the incense burner, which was so bright that it was dazzling. At the same time, the strange fragrance in the warm pavilion suddenly became a little richer.

Qi Jingzhi looked closely and saw that there were many plates of incense burning slowly in the bronze incense burner. The faint light of fire from the previous furnace came from this.

These incense surround a bird's nest, and the branches that build the nest are all made of gold, which look vivid and extremely rich and beautiful.

There are two strange birds living quietly in the golden nest, which are shaped like birds and have soft golden feathers all over their bodies.

Ding Chengyuan took the furnace cover and moved two steps away, signaling to everyone in the pavilion: "Please look, this warm pavilion is called Pihan Pavilion, and this furnace is called Wenxiangwu. These two are the coughing golden birds that I, Ding, have been offered for generations!"

When the people in the pavilion heard this, even though they were heavy at the moment, they couldn't help but feel refreshed and rushed to look at the pair of coughing golden birds.

County magistrate Han Songde blurted out and asked, "But the source of the East China Sea tribute 'Bihan Jin'?"

Ding Chengyuan nodded gently and continued, "No, right! The golden bird is a rare treasure in the overseas Qianzhou. He is most afraid of frost, snow, wind and cold. He is placed in a warm furnace in the warm cabinet and then fed it with iron, pearls and turtle brains. Then, this bird spits out gold chips like millet every day, and is bright and gorgeous, warm jade and fragrant, so it is called "cold-breaking gold". He is loved by noble people in the palace and is used as a hairpin."

Ding Chengyuan paused, suddenly curled his lips and added: "Because the production of this kind of treasure gold is very small, all the money it produces every year is sent to the palace. Don't say that it is not visible to the people, even I, the Marquis of Anfeng, dare not keep it privately for my own use."

As soon as this was said, the officials of Jiuzhen County looked at the large piece of golden embroidery on Ding Chengyuan's clothes, and then the golden bird's nest in Wenxiangwu. They couldn't help but nodded, praising Anfeng Hou Wei as a loyal country and a sincere heart, and were a role model for the officials of Jiuzhen County.

At this moment, the two coughing birds in the golden nest suddenly made a few pleasant bird songs, and then they made a strange sound like a cough.

Every time they cough, they will spit out a or two gold particles slightly larger than corn from their mouths, and land in the golden nest. Soon, they will accumulate a small pile. If the gold is coughing every day, it will not be called limited production in any case.

After the pair of coughing golden birds vomited all the golden millet in their belly and lie quietly back into the nest, Ding Chengyuan stepped forward and covered Wenxiangwu again, and returned to his seat and said to everyone: "At this time, it was not that I was still in the mood to show off, but I just wanted to ask you to see it... In recent days, the diet of this pair of birds has not changed at all, but the output of Bian Hanjin has increased several times, which is really strange."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the pavilion was thinking. After all, they were all officials in this East China Sea, and they knew more or less about the matter of the golden spirit and evil spirit.

The so-called "wu" refers to the mountainous land with high and concave sides, or the surrounding water is surrounded by water. The incense burner that raises the golden bird is not close to all sides, but is called Wenxiangwu. The only thing surrounding it is the richest gold energy in the East China Sea. The sharp increase in the output of Pihan gold is mostly related to this.

Sure enough, Ding Chengyuan continued to say: "Early early this morning, I recruited the Gongcao from the Demon-Suppressing Commander's Office and had carefully asked about the evil spirits and evil spirits in the county. The two magistrates Han County and Zang Dutong came late, so they did not listen to them. According to the other party, most of the evil spirits that have been on the rise and fall of the evil spirits recently were born from the two evil spirits of gold and tiger, and most of them are gold evil spirits."

After hearing what he said, Cui Zitao's expression suddenly changed and he said, "If this is true, this incident is probably not limited to Jiuzhen County!"

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Even Ding Chengyuan, who knew the most, was stunned.

This is a major event that concerns the situation in the East China Sea and its own safety. Cui Zitao did not dare to neglect it and immediately said seriously: "My father once wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that the fish and tiger autumn flood along the coast of Laizhou are much longer than in previous years, and there is no sign of ebbing tide yet."

"The fish and tigers in the sea are in groups, and there are many siege fishing boats and even landing on the shore to disturb them. The soldiers and civilians of Yecheng are guarding the tiger dike day and night, and even more than a dozen extremely rare shark tigers have been killed!"

Hearing this, the county magistrate Han Songde on the side couldn't help but interrupt and said, "As the saying goes, the tiger among the fish, the water rhinoceros and wind dolphin, are afraid to join forces!"

"I have also heard of the fish and tiger tide in Laizhou. There are flood seasons every autumn, both big and small, and it is not surprising that this year it is more turbulent. This is not related to the abnormal movements of the golden evil in our Jiuzhen County, right?"

Cui Zitao's face was quite serious, and he immediately shook his head and said, "Originally, the officials didn't take it seriously. I still heard what Ding Hou said just now, and then he had some association."

"According to my father's letter, this time the autumn flood of fish and tigers is not only quite fierce compared to previous years, but also the thorns of fish and tigers' teeth are sharper and the scales are harder, making it much more difficult to kill. Now, it seems that it is not only the tiger evil in the sea, but it is more affected by the golden evil!"

When Ding Chengyuan heard this, his eyebrows were already furrowed.

Others may not know that the background of Cui's family in Yecheng could not be hidden from him. The so-called fish and tiger tide was inseparable from the ancestors of Cui's family. Originally, a few fish and tigers were nothing, but the Cui family's children were not successful in succession, which gradually became a disaster in the sea.

He pondered for a while before speaking: "The Cui family in Yecheng is located in Laizhou, and is most familiar with the fish and tiger tide. Since the nephew has such doubts, we have to think more deeply. If there is indeed something to do, the six prefectures of the East China Sea and the counties in Liaozhou will cause harm. I am afraid that the reinforcements will be less than we expected and will only come later!"

Hearing this, Han Songde and Zang Hailiang's faces were not very good-looking. They turned around and whispered to their respective escorts, obviously they also thought this matter was quite tricky.

Apart from Cui Zitao and Ding Chengyuan, Qi Jingzhi knew the most about Cui's family in Yecheng. He was shocked when he heard the so-called fish and tiger tide. He turned his head to look at the county magistrate Cui and asked in a low voice: "Do you dare to ask Brother Cui, what is this fish and tiger, shark tiger?"

Cui Zitao also knew that his "Chohu Fish Picture" had been known to this young man, and he would also think about it even if he didn't say it. Therefore, although his face was a little unnatural, he answered it simply.

"Fish and tiger are strange fish in the sea, with their heads like tigers, and their backs are like hedgehogs and their backs are full of thorns. The fish are afraid of them and dare not attack them. Although they are called tigers, and it is said that fish and tigers can truly turn into tigers when they go ashore, but their size is only six or seven inches, and the two are really far apart."

"As for the shark tiger... it is a kind of sea shark. It has black patterns on the head, and the size can reach more than 200 kilograms. It likes to land between mountains and seas, fall and roll at the foot of the mountain, and it can turn into a tiger shape after about ten days. Only the fish fins are the most difficult to change. It takes one month to become claws, and from then on, it can roar and protrude to the mountains and forests."

"There are all barriers on the beach of Laizhou, all of which are in the shape of a small hill. When the sharks and tigers get ashore, they are not able to roll on the ground and cannot walk, and they cannot climb up. Just a hero needs to stab the dike with a spear to kill them!"

The more Qi Jingzhi listened, the more strange the expression on his face became. He immediately had an idea: "It turns out that this problem of raising a tiger seems to be inherited by Cui's ancestors?"

Cui Zitao staggered the boy's gaze, as if he wanted to explain a few words, but in the end he just sighed.

At this moment, Ding Chengyuan suddenly closed his palm and made a crisp sound, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the pavilion.

But in this moment, the Marquis Anfeng looked as usual, and his eyebrows that had been twisted together had stretched out, and there was no trace of happiness or anger: "You should now understand why this Marquis advocated stopping the body of the Wei clan in Baiyun Palace. After all, the Wei clan has a special constitution and a very miserable death. If you let it go, you will inevitably cause any bad changes due to the abnormal movement of the golden evil."

The governor Zang Hailiang immediately nodded after hearing this: "There is a statue of the autumn god in Baiyun Palace to suppress it. I also heard that the marquis's concubine brother was practicing in the palace. It would be better to have him take care of him!"

Ding Chengyuan shook his head gently: "My brother of this marquis has no cultivation. He is the master of the sutra in Baiyun Palace. He only cared about the chanting of sutras in the sutra hall, but he ignored the civil affairs."

"I put the corpses of the Wei clan there, but I actually wanted to fish. After all, those thieves committed such a big case and were obviously evil means. If they didn't use the more than one hundred corpses, wouldn't it be too wasteful? Or... those corpses were originally bait they set up, and they wanted to lead us to the bait!"

Ding Chengyuan paused, and finally showed a sharp edge that was revealed: "As for who is the fishing man and who is the swimming fish in the end, it depends on his ability!"

Not long ago, Qi Jingzhi witnessed the old servant of Cui's family fishing with two lives in the Changle County Houya. Unexpectedly, he met Anfeng Hou who likes fishing even more.

"I saw that he was still in a slow mood to show everyone the golden bird coughing, as if he was not in a hurry at all. Maybe what he was practicing was the method of "a heart is as calm as a lake, and the wishes are taking the bait" in the Demon Suppression Academy."

"I just don't know what he is capable of fishing. If he doesn't learn well and is caught by the thieves behind the scenes, it will harm others and yourself, and it will be too late to regret it."

Ding Chengyuan naturally couldn't guess Qi Jingzhi's intimate words.

He looked at the young man, his mouth curled up suddenly, and he asked with a smile: "Qi Jishi is quite kind to Wei, and I wonder if he is willing to go to Baiyun Palace as bait?"
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