Xiang Hechuan is twenty-four or five years old. Although his appearance is not outstanding, his eyes are firm and he seems to be high-spirited and magnanimous.
Hearing Li Changan's question, Xiang Hechuan was slightly startled, and then said, "Brother Li, don't worry, those girls are in an underground secret room in the county."
"Although life is inconvenient, my life is not in danger."
Li Changan nodded, the life problems of hundreds of girls are not so easy to solve.
It’s not just about food, clothing, housing and transportation, the bigger problem is that there is no one to take care of you.
Without family members, even if they find others to adopt, it will be difficult to care for these girls.
Even if you encounter some dirty beast again.
It is not impossible for someone to walk out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth again.
It is easy to save people, but how to properly resettle them is the biggest problem.
The two chatted for a while, and then Li Changan realized that Xiang Hechuan was not a local, or even from Anlu Mansion.
Both civil and military cultivators are in the late eighth stage.
I originally wanted to go north to the battlefield of Fengchuan Three Thousand Miles, but when I passed through Hedong County two months ago, I encountered some people who robbed the road and specialized in robbing children, so I took action to deal with the robbers.
As a result, I found that there is a lot of articles in it.
The deeper they dug, the more they discovered that there was someone behind the robbers, the Magistrate of Hedong County.
So I stayed here and wanted to solve the problem.
"How did Brother Xiang become so familiar with the villagers of Wang Village?" Li Changan asked.
"I followed that bastard county magistrate here several times, and accidentally discovered that there seemed to be something wrong in Wang Village, but I couldn't explain it."
Xiang Hechuan explained,
"So I took Wangcun as a temporary place to stay, and I became familiar with him after going back and forth."
While the two were chatting, Miaomiao, who had just run away, ran back, "Uncle, Brother Xiang, grandma asked me to call you to eat."
Li Changan twitched the corner of his mouth and thought it was okay to call him uncle, but why should he call that person brother?
Will I look that old after my disguise?
Xiang Hechuan patted Miaomiao on the head and said with a smile, "Brother Li, why don't you go eat something first and let's chat while eating."
Li Changan nodded and followed Xiang Hechuan to Miao Miao's house.
"Brother Xiang has been here for two months, have you discovered anything?"
"Maybe it has something to do with Wuqi Mountain." Xiang Hechuan's voice became deeper.
"Wuqi Mountain?" Li Changan subconsciously looked to the northwest, "Is that the top of the mountain that has always been shrouded in fog?"
Xiang Hechuan nodded, "I have been following the county magistrate during this period, so Wuqi Mountain didn't check much."
"But I heard from the villagers that something was wrong with Wuqi Mountain four months ago. Several hunters went up there and never came back."
"Later, several warriors also went up, but they also didn't come down."
Li Changan frowned slightly, "Could it be that some beast appeared above?"
"I don't know, but I heard from the old people in the village that there is probably a demon on Wuqi Mountain." Xiang Hechuan said,
"Now that the county magistrate's matter has been settled for the time being, I'm going to check on the situation in Wuqi Mountain. Brother Li happens to be here too, so I can finally have more helpers."
"Monster?" When Li Changan heard the word "monster", he felt that he was inseparable.
There is a thin amount of demonic energy in the entire Wang Village. It is impossible to say that there are no demons causing trouble.
If there are demons in Wuqi Mountain, maybe the demonic aura in Wangcun is really related to Wuqi Mountain.
"You want to go to Wuqi Mountain?" The old woman came over carrying the steamed buns and hurriedly advised, "You must not go there."
"Zhang Orion in the village is the most experienced hunter in our village. He can go down the mountain with his eyes closed, but he never comes back."
"You two young people, please don't get confused."
"There are not many good people left in this world today."
Li Changan picked up the wowotou, and there was indeed an extremely thin evil spirit on it. When he looked at the water the old woman brought him, the same was true.
"Grandma, where does the water in the village come from?" Li Changan asked
"There are two Zimu wells, and everyone in Wang Village eats the water from there." The old woman said, carefully holding the wowotou, and sat on the threshold to eat with Miaomiao.
This is a custom in Wangcun. If a man in the family eats at the table, women cannot serve at the table.
Although Li Changan and Xiang Hechuan were both guests, the old lady also abided by this rule.
A simple steamed bun with hot water is a family lunch.
Li Changan took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and said, "Grandma, keep this silver."
The old woman waved her hands quickly, "No, no, these two cornbread are worthless..."
After some prevarication, Li Changan solemnly put the money in the old woman's hand, "Grandma, if you don't accept it, I won't even dare to come over for dinner."
Having said that, the old lady accepted the money and thanked her profusely.
Leaving Miao Miao's house, Li Changan went straight to Zimujing.
Sure enough, the two wells, one large and one small, were filled with a thin evil spirit.
"Brother Li, what's wrong?" Xiang Hechuan asked.
"There should be something in here." Li Changan looked at the calm water below, and then jumped directly in.
The villagers watching around were shocked.
This well is the only water source in the village. If you jump right in, it won't take half a day to settle, and the water will be useless.
If Li Changan and the officials hadn't been so angry, they would have scolded him long ago if he was still a good person.
In half a stick of incense, Li Changan emerged from the water, grabbed the slippery wall of the well with one hand, and his martial arts energy instantly penetrated into it, and then jumped out of the well with the help of his strength.
Everyone around looked at Li Changan.
Li Changan nodded towards Xiang Hechuan, turned around and jumped into another well.
After half a stick of incense, Li Changan jumped out of the well again.
"There is indeed a problem."
Xiang Hechuan's expression suddenly became nervous.
Li Changan stretched out his hand, and a purple stone came into view.
"This is...?" Xiang Hechuan asked.
"The Demonic Essence Stone, the Essence Stone used by the Demon Clan for cultivation, is similar to our True Essence Stone, Wen Jing."
Li Changan took the Demonic Essence Stone into his arms, "Wang Cun's illness is caused by this Demonic Essence Stone."
There are three pieces of Demon Essence Stone in total, and the other two pieces have been put into the Sumeru Treasure Bag in advance by him.
Xiang Hechuan's expression changed instantly,
"Brother Li means, is there really a demon here?"
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At this time, the county government office hall,
"Is there really a demon in Wuqi Mountain?" The magistrate, who returned to the county seat in embarrassment, looked at the master next to him and asked.
The master bent down and said flatteringly, "Sir, it doesn't matter whether there are monsters in Wuqi Mountain or not."
"The point is we need an excuse."
"Excuse?"
"That's right." The master sorted out his thoughts and said, "Your Excellency wants to deal with today's martial artist who doesn't know the heights of the world. Isn't eliminating demons a perfect excuse?"
"We use the Wenchang Monument and the Wude Monument to promote the reputation of the Monument, and then offer silver coins, and we are worried that no one will respond to the move to eliminate the demons?"
"When the time comes, let's show that warrior's portrait to all those who are exterminating demons. In the name of going up the mountain to exterminate demons, wouldn't it be easy to chop off this man's head?"
"No matter how many casualties there are by then, it will not be our government's business. It will be boiled down to the bandits causing trouble. We can also take credit for suppressing the bandits. Isn't it true that we can kill two birds with one stone?"
Two in a row made the county magistrate's eyes suddenly light up.
"Okay, very good!" The county magistrate slapped his thigh, "That's it."
As he said that, the county magistrate narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "We must make that warrior's soul die in Wu Qishan!"
"You dare to treat me like this. You won't be able to vent my hatred without breaking your body into thousands of pieces!"
The magistrate and the master smiled at each other, and no one noticed that there was a faint hint of almost invisible lavender in the whites of their eyes, which flashed away.