Cai Qing listened patiently to their experiences and smiled without saying a word.
Everyone was anxious: "Queen of the Fairies, please stop showing off, we are all about to be killed by evil spirits."
"My lords, please don't panic~~This matter was caused by yourselves and can only be solved by you~~Please don't say it is an evil ghost~~According to my Taoism, evil spirits
It’s impossible to cause trouble for so many people at the same time~~You might as well think about it~~Have you ever done anything untoward?”
Upon hearing this, all these people suddenly fell silent. They looked at each other and whispered, and the ground turned red as if their tails had been stepped on.
"I want to remind you~~This is not an evil ghost~~but a warning from God~~If you still insist on going your own way~~and your nightmare may come true~~"
After being intimidated by the Qingcai plan, the court officials no longer dared to play tricks for petty profits, and all of them became self-reliant and dedicated to their duties.
As the saying goes, what goes up and what goes down takes effect. Seeing that the senior officials in the imperial court stopped accepting confessions, and the local officials below also restrained themselves a lot, the atmosphere in the government and the public suddenly began to become clearer.
But there are some who are not afraid of death. Yushi Zhang Wenyuan dismissed all this, and he did not even go to Cai Qing for help. He felt that being haunted by ghosts was scary~~, but having no money to make money was even more painful! Over the years, he has developed a habit
He has made it a habit to receive a gift once a month to feel at ease. If no one gives him a gift for more than a month, he will become angry and ignore everyone all day long, as if everyone owes him tens of thousands of taels.
Like silver.
He was already going his own way, and he was getting worse.
As a result, not long after, strange things happened in his home, and he himself disappeared forever late at night.
His body was hung at the city gate the next day, with a strip of cloth written on his body.
This incident made some people even more fearful, and the atmosphere in the officialdom changed significantly for a while, although I don't know how long it will last.
Just when Caiqing thought he could take a breath and prepare to go about his business, the emperor issued another edict, saying that the Susong River in Liaodong Province had been flooded for years, and people often disappeared inexplicably by the river. Local officials sent people to investigate.
For a long time, the army was stationed by the river. But one night suddenly the entire team of officers and soldiers disappeared! There were only some scattered weapons and tents of the officers and soldiers left by the river. The emperor thought that this must be caused by an evildoer, so he waved his hand and removed the soldiers.
The difficult matter was left to Cai Qing again.
There was nothing Cai Qing could do about this. Who gave her the title of Fairy Queen? Logically speaking, it was her responsibility to take care of this matter.
She believed that this so-called incident was at most caused by too much silt in the river, so she took several guards without Pan Ling and others and came to Longhai County, which is closest to the Susong River.
Longhai County was currently shrouded in an atmosphere of terror and chill. All the pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, and the shops on the street had their doors sealed tightly after dark.
When the magistrate of Longhai County saw the Fairy Queen coming, he was frightened and complained to Caiqing one after another: "Your Highness the Fairy Queen~~ I really have no choice~~ I sent countless people to dive into the bottom of the river to find out, but nothing happened.
Only one can come up alive! You must save us~~~Dozens of people have disappeared by the river this month!!"
After listening to the county magistrate's words, Cai Qing realized that the situation was not as simple as she imagined. She decided to go find out first.
During the day, the Susong River looks very quiet and beautiful, and the gentle breeze causes graceful ripples on the surface of the river. It is not at all as scary and weird as people say.
Cai Qing was patrolling along the Susong River under the guidance of the county magistrate, when she suddenly stopped.
It turned out that there was a pile of half-washed clothes and a clothes stick on the riverside not far away. There was also a small floral cloth shoe worn by a woman.
Ignoring the county magistrate's dissuasion, she stepped forward and bent down to check carefully, and found that the shoe was far away from the river.
"Hey~~Another one who doesn't listen to advice~~~ secretly came to wash clothes in the river at night, and then disappeared for no reason." The county magistrate looked disgusted, in order to prevent anyone from washing clothes in the river again.
When he disappeared, he issued a ban early on, strictly prohibiting the nearby people from washing clothes or playing by the river at night, but many people still turned a deaf ear, and his unstinting attitude made him unable to do anything. He once sent a team of officers and soldiers
He was stationed by the river to prevent people from approaching the river privately, but who knew that the entire army of officers and soldiers disappeared overnight! From then on, he never dared to send anyone closer to the Susong River.
"You just said that all the missing people happened at night?" Cai Qing picked up the flowered cloth shoe from the ground and looked at it carefully in his hand.
"That's right, nothing happens during the day! There will be strange noises in the river at night, and the wind is extremely strong! People living along the bank generally don't dare to come out at night. Those who were brave enough to take the lead have disappeared.
"After the county magistrate finished speaking, he counted on his fingers: "In recent years, more than a hundred people have disappeared inexplicably by the river."
Cai Qing frowned when he heard this: "More than a hundred people? Didn't you report dozens of people to the court?"
"Fairy Queen, please be considerate of this villain!" The county magistrate knelt down after saying this: "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if there are more than a hundred casualties in a local official's jurisdiction, he will be punished by reducing his position! Besides~
~Not all of them died during my tenure~~I have only been in office for less than a year~~."
"You should tell me the truth. When did the Susong River start flooding? When did people start disappearing? Remember! Don't miss a word!" Cai Qing suddenly raised his voice.
, she felt that although the county magistrate looked loyal, he was a little dishonest in his heart, and she needed to put some pressure on him!
Within a few rounds, the magistrate of Longhai County was sweating profusely due to Cai Qing's intimidation. He kept kowtowing and immediately put aside the little bit in his heart, and told the whole story of the incident.
It turns out that a few years ago, the Susong River was very rich in aquatic products, and sometimes a few fish would be caught accidentally while bathing in the river! Moreover, the fish, shrimps and mussels in these rivers were very delicious, which made
Businessmen from all over came here to taste it. In order to seek greater profits, fishermen fished more and more frequently, and the sizes of fishing nets they used became smaller and smaller, until finally there was almost no living thing in the river.
Even the loaches were dug out and cooked in soup.
From that time on, Su Songhe, who was originally docile, began to become eccentric! It was often calm during the day, but at night the water in the river rolled back and forth, making a sound that could be heard by people in the entire county! Three years ago, the river water
It began to flood, overturning residential buildings and crossing fertile fields, and swept countless lives into the rolling rapids and roared away.
Strange to say, every time there is a flood, the Susong River is peaceful for a while, but after a while, people disappear one after another, and the next year there is another flood! Now our county has been tortured by this river.
There are less than a thousand households left. If the situation is not contained, I think my head will definitely not be saved~~It’s a pity that I studied hard for fifteen years~~I just became a small county magistrate~~~" Long
After speaking, the magistrate of Hai County actually squeezed out a few tears. It seemed that he had really touched a sad point.
Cai Qing looked at the surface of the Susong River, which was as gentle as a baby's face at this time, and thought to himself: Is it really what he said? It seems that he can only wait until night to find out.
That night, Cai Qing came to the river with two guards. At this time, he saw that the Susong River had torn his disguise during the day. The turbid water in the river was approaching the shore step by step. The river seemed wider than during the day.
, and whirlpools began to appear inexplicably on the river. The wind was also blowing hard on the river bank at this time, and the people who were blowing it could hardly open their eyes!
Cai Qing suddenly had a very strange feeling! She felt that the three of them were being watched by a pair of strange and mysterious eyes, although she did not know where the person watching them was.
She quickly lifted up her black ice armor and stared closely at the rolling river surface!
Suddenly, there was a strange sound in the depths of the river, like something laughing loudly! A huge whirlpool appeared on the surface of the river! It was spinning vigorously, and seemed to be sucking everything in the river into it
In the belly!
Caiqing's face turned green and he shouted to the two guards: "Be careful!"
The two guards were frightened for a moment, and suddenly they felt a faint shadow flickering in front of their eyes!
He was wrapped around his body by a huge and powerful tail and dragged into the river!