Leaving Shangquan Mountain, three hundred miles to the east, there is a long river spanning the earth, a hundred feet wide and stretching for thousands of miles.
On the river bank, there was an official road extending along the river, which was also winding and winding. There were no homes around, so Li Mingyue could only drive the carriage southward along the river.
What the scenery is talking about should be this river. The most important thing at the moment is to find someone to ask. Otherwise, if you just look for it, you may not recognize it even if you find it.
After walking like this for a while, mountains began to appear. The river was still flat, but the road had become bumpy. When you climbed up a hill, you could see several households in front of you and a few wisps of smoke.
Li Mingyue got off the carriage and pulled the reins forward. After entering the village, she could see people working in the fields. Some people would take a break to take a look at Li Mingyue.
Li Mingyue stopped the carriage and asked the people about the fishermen, but everyone shook their heads, saying that they had never heard of it, let alone seen it.
So Li Mingyue and others could only continue moving forward. After leaving the village, a river flowed in from the right hand side, cutting off the way. However, the river was not that wide, and a bridge could be seen across the river to the west.
After getting on the bridge, you can see the intersection of the two rivers. The river is surging. Then the river that originally went south turns eastward, but the official road no longer goes eastward, but still spreads toward the south.
Li Mingyue frowned. If she continued to take the official road, judging from the terrain, she would be getting further and further away from the river. If she continued to walk along the river bank, she would have to abandon the carriage.
Li Mingyue felt a little irritated. The scenery didn't explain clearly at the beginning, where to find the so-called fisherman, but now he was aimless, and the sky was so vast, where to find it.
But he still carried Huang Qinghan out of the carriage, looked at the carriage and the horse, and said that it was a pity that it was a fake. This was Qin Xing'er's choice, and he wasted a lot of money.
Finally, Li Mingyue put the contents of the carriage into the Qiankun Bag, then untied the horse, abandoned the carriage, carried Huang Qinghan on his back, and pulled the horse to continue moving forward.
The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, and it seemed a bit difficult to walk. Although Li Mingyue's injuries were mostly healed, he was still injured. Coupled with the scorching sun, he soon became sweating profusely. Huang Qinghan couldn't bear it, so he said
: "How about I ride a horse?"
Li Mingyue was stunned and asked: "No problem?"
Huang Qinghan nodded and said, "Okay."
Li Mingyue put her on the horse. After making sure that the little girl would not fall off, she pulled the horse and continued moving forward. She felt much more relaxed instantly.
After a long while, Huang Qinghan suddenly said: "There are many people in front of me."
Li Mingyue was stunned for a moment, then walked towards the boulder on the side. Looking around, she did see many people gathering by the river. It looked like they were worshiping something, because there were altars and sacrificial flags, and there were people jumping around.
Li Mingyue pulled the horse and continued to move forward. As he got closer, he could hear someone humming a strange spell.
There were a lot of people, there must be thirty or forty people, some were pious, some were careless and wandered thousands of miles away. In the forest on the side, there were even people sitting on the ground, gobbling down the sacrificial offerings. They were all strong men.
His whole body exuded a masculine spirit.
Hearing the noise, these men raised their heads and looked at Li Mingyue and Huang Qinghan on horseback.
Li Mingyue smiled and bowed, and said: "Brothers, continue on. I'm just passing by. Please forgive me for disturbing you."
A man frowned and said, "My little brother is a foreigner? Don't go any further. I heard that monsters appeared in the mountains and ate a lot of people. No, the mages are practicing magic."
Li Mingyue asked curiously: "What kind of monster?"
The man shook his head and said, "I don't know."
At this time, another man said: "I heard it's a snake demon with six legs and four wings..."
He muttered: "I don't know if it can fly?"
Huang Qinghan asked curiously: "Is there such a thing in this world?"
The man who spoke earlier said: "There have been all kinds of strange things in the past two years. Even the weather has been changing every now and then. It's either been a long drought or a long rain. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat."
"Li Mingyue!" At this time, Huang Qinghan suddenly shouted.
Li Mingyue followed her gaze and saw two children, a boy and a girl, being lifted up on the river and about to be thrown into the river.
Li Mingyue frowned and disappeared instantly without any hesitation.
By the river, two children had been thrown into the river, but when they were about to fall into the river, the water below suddenly started to spin, and then two water columns rose into the sky, just holding the two children in the air.
The child is ignorant and is just standing on the waves jumping up and down at this moment.
Those people on the shore had never seen such a strange scene before. They all knelt down and kowtowed to the river, while begging: "River God forgive me, River God forgive me..."
Li Mingyue appeared on the river bank. As soon as he raised his hand, the two children returned to the shore with bitter expressions on their faces, as if they were about to cry.
When the common people saw Li Mingyue, they couldn't help but frown. Although they were still kneeling on the ground, they all looked at each other in confusion.
At this time, the horse brought Huang Qinghan to the riverside. At the same time, a woman walked towards this side and picked up the two children. She was both happy and worried. She was obviously the mother of the two children.
Huang Qinghan frowned and said, "How can you hand over your child to them?"
The woman didn't speak, she just held her two children and kept sobbing.
Li Mingyue looked at the river with a gloomy expression.
He knew very well that if he wanted to solve the problem, he had to solve the root cause. Chen Daoling said that people are ignorant and will believe in ghosts and gods whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster and they have nothing to rely on.
Now Li Mingyue already knows that there are indeed ghosts and gods. Some gods can really help the people. Similarly, there will also be demons and monsters causing trouble.
Since it is a demon that is causing trouble, it stands to reason that as long as the demon is killed in front of these people, these people will stop doing this kind of human sacrifice. But this is only temporary. It won't take long for the demon thing to be resolved.
The people would still make sacrifices for other reasons, and that would be fine if it was useful, but this method is obviously useless.
And according to what these people said, what they saw should be the rumored fat mass. According to ancient records, there is indeed such a monster, snake-like, with six legs and four wings. If you see it, there will be a severe drought. The authenticity of the rumor is unknown.
, but there should indeed be a similar strange snake here.
Huang Qinghan asked at this time: "Li Mingyue, is there really a monster?"
Li Mingyue shook his head and said: "I don't know, but such a big river should have a river god. It's just that I don't know much about this kind of thing, let alone how to communicate, otherwise I can figure out the ins and outs of the matter."
Huang Qinghan nodded, looked at the river in front of her and said, "Can't we just muddy the river?"
Li Mingyue was stunned, and then said bitterly: "Maybe there is a way, but with such a big river, I'm afraid I don't have the ability." Huang Qinghan said: "Simple."
After saying that, he took out two square rulers and threw them into the river.
As the two square rulers were thrown into the river, the originally calm river suddenly began to roll, as if it was about to boil.
The waves were huge and spread to the river bank in an instant.
The people suddenly panicked and fled in all directions, and soon only the woman and two children were left.
Li Mingyue waved gently and sent the three of them to a distance, then pulled the horse back and walked to a higher place.
The two rulers circled each other in the river, turning the entire river into a huge whirlpool. If there really was a river god, he would probably be dizzy.
Sure enough, the entire river exploded in an instant, and then something rose into the sky. It turned out to be a blue dragon less than ten feet tall, but it had a human face.
After this thing circled in the air, it mouthed human words: "God, please forgive me, God, please forgive me."
Seeing such a monster, Li Mingyue naturally held the Sanqing Sword in her hand. When she heard this guy begging for mercy, she relaxed and signaled to Huang Qinghan that she could take back the two rulers.
Huang Qinghan understood this and waved, and the two rulers flew back. The entire river surface quickly returned to calm. On the river bank, countless fish and shrimps flapped their tails and struggled to death.
Li Mingyue frowned and asked, "Are you the River God?"
The monster nodded and said sadly: "Guard this river for five hundred years."
Li Mingyue asked: "Even if he is the river god, why do he still let the people sacrifice human beings? And along the way, I didn't see any Shinto charm. Could it be an evil god?"
The monster hurriedly said: "The Immortal mistakenly blamed the little god. It was really not the little god who asked them to sacrifice, it was entirely their own will, and this kind of sacrifice is useless to the little god."
Li Mingyue frowned and said, "It's useless, so why not stop it?"
The monster became even more bitter and said sadly: "The Immortal didn't know something. A hundred years ago, there was an accident here. Then an old Immortal passed by and stepped on Taihua Peak, causing the temple where the little god was to be destroyed.
Destroyed, he no longer enjoys the fragrance of the world. Now that the little god is a candle in the wind, he has no ability to help these people."
Li Mingyue pondered slightly, if this guy is not lying, it is possible. Senior sister has said before that gods are very dependent on human incense, and the mana of mountain gods and earth spirits is directly related to incense. If a god does not have incense for worship, not only will his mana be low,
, and may even disappear.
Li Mingyue then asked: "What about the so-called evil spirits?"
As Li Mingyue asked this question, the monster's face suddenly showed anger and fear, and he said bitterly: "A hundred years ago, a demon snake suddenly appeared in Taihua Peak, trying to replace the little god. At the beginning,
The little god can still compete with it, but as time goes by, the little god's magic power becomes weaker and weaker, but this beast becomes stronger and stronger. Now, the little god is no longer its opponent and can only hide under the water."
When it said this, it had a sad look on its face, as if a tiger had been bullied by a dog.
Li Mingyue seemed to suddenly remember something and asked: "Since you are the river god of this river, do you know that there is an old man fishing by the river all year round?"
The monster didn't seem to expect that Li Mingyue would suddenly change the subject. He was a little stunned, but still replied: "Thirty miles east, there is indeed such an old man. It's strange. He goes to the river to fish every evening. There must be forty or fifty of him.
It’s been a year, but I haven’t missed a single day, and I haven’t caught a single fish in so many years, which is quite interesting.”