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Guaguagua!
At dusk, when the twilight is closing, I look up and see a group of crows in a dark mass, like a very fast-moving dark cloud, flying all the way to the north. The latest chapter of the church
Ying Ning suddenly said: "Sir, these crows seem a little strange."
Because the distance was too far, Chen Jianchen didn't feel anything, so he asked: "What's weird?"
Yingning was also a little unsure and shook her head: "I don't know, I just watched it and my heart palpitated a little bit." She cultivated a golden elixir, and her Taoist heart was quite stable, and she had a unique touch for unusual existences.
To put it simply, the sixth sense has come out. Although it is not as good as those "professional" practitioners of divination and calculation, it can be regarded as a good instinctive function.
Chen Jianchen's hand gently rubbed his chin, thoughtfully.
Suddenly Di Yingning's expression changed. He pinched the book from the blood sandalwood book with his backhand and took out the picture of "Eating Betel Nuts for an Erotic Palace" and said, "Sister Xie has something to say."
When I unfold the portrait, I see the figure sitting on the boat with his clothes half-undressed and his fragrant shoulders exposed. Although the portrait is originally very realistic - after all, the realistic depiction is just a vivid representation, not a real person, a living person.
However, suddenly, a strange change occurred in the portrait. The originally charming woman with affectionate eyes suddenly became dignified, her body could still move, and she actually sat upright.
With such a change, it was as if the whole painting came alive all of a sudden, and the woman in the painting seemed to have become a fairy and would step off the painting at any time.
Fairy in painting.
Chen Jianchen suddenly remembered such an allusive story.
The woman's entire posture and temperament changed completely. Even the clothes on her body were put on, and there was no trace of her youthfulness. Then her lips moved, as if she was talking.
Chen Jianchen couldn't hear what the other party was saying, but Ying Ning listened very intently - it was not yet night, the Yang Qi was still strong, but Xiao Xie could not show up casually to avoid being corroded and harmed. The latest chapter of the Holy Church
After a while, the unique conversation was over, and Yingning rolled up the painting again and put it back in the bookcase.
"Yingning, what did Xiao Xie say?"
Yingning looked solemn: "Sir, we may be in trouble."
Chen Jianchen frowned: "How do you say this?"
"Sister Xie said that those crows have a name, they are called soul-shaking crows. They were refined by the infamous old demon from Black Mountain using a unique method..."
When Chen Jianchen heard that the matter involved the mysterious old demon from Montenegro, Chen Jianchen was immediately alert.
"The old demon of Black Mountain refined the soul-catching crows, and then sent them out to capture the ghosts and some cultivators with relatively weak magic power. They hooked the souls of the other party, and then sent them back to the main altar of Black Mountain for the old demon to dispose of, or eat them directly.
, or secretly become a puppet slave, etc..."
Chen Jianchen raised his eyebrows: "So, the old Black Mountain demon has a special cultivation method, and can even directly devour the ghost soul to strengthen his cultivation?"
Yingning nodded: "That should be it."
Chen Jianchen fell into deep thought - since the old demon of Heishan is the mountain god of Heishan, he is of course under the jurisdiction of the Yin Division. However, the Black Mountain is a large mountain located at the junction of Jiangzhou and Zhezhou. Strictly speaking, it belongs to the Yin Division of Jiangzhou. So.
Speaking of which, Wang Chenghuang must be aware of the situation. If necessary, you can ask him about the situation.
——Since "joining forces" to kill Judge Wu, Wang Chenghuang has been included in his own camp. His identity and position are very different. If you ask him, he will never dare to hide anything.
Ying Ning added: "Sister Xie also said that her good sister, a female ghost named 'Qiurong', was captured by the soul-enchanting crow and was imprisoned in the Black Mountain. The old demon of the Black Mountain said that she would
She took her as a concubine."
People have wives and concubines, and ghosts also have them. It’s just that ghosts have no physical body and are born with a lack of yang energy, so they can’t have children. The so-called ghost concubines are similar to slaves, and they often suffer from the abuse and torture of their masters.
, life is worse than death, and even being a ghost cannot lead a peaceful life.
Chen Jianchen asked: "Xiao Xie, please help me rescue Qiurong?"
Ying Ning hummed: "But I didn't agree just now. The latest chapter of the Holy Church" looked at Chen Jianchen with clear eyes.
Chen Jianchen smiled and said, "Yingning, what do you think?"
"This mountain god does all kinds of evil, and he does evil and is a tyrant. It stands to reason that we should step forward and eliminate a tyrant for the place. But it is an existence in the underworld, but it is difficult to deal with it."
She didn't want the young master to get involved in a dangerous whirlpool.
Chen Jianchen said: "I will be sensible about this." Then he told some of the relationship between him and Wang Chenghuang.
After hearing this, Ying Ning cheered: "Sir, so you and Wang Chenghuang are good friends. Why don't you go and talk to him directly? Since he is the city god and is in charge of the affairs of the Yinsi Province, the old Black Mountain demon is also his subordinate.
, then he can be easily punished."
Chen Jianchen said: "That's what I mean." With Wang Chenghuang stepping in to suppress and control the Black Mountain old demon, this is the most ideal way to deal with it, without having to take action himself, and there are no flaws.
But is it really that simple?
As soon as my thoughts changed, another layer of worry came over me.
...Ignore this level for now, we will talk about it later when we see Wang Chenghuang come tonight.
Sparkling!
At this moment, there was a sound of carriages rolling on the road from another branch of the official road, and they gathered into a large sound. Just by listening with your ears, you could already hear a queue of at least dozens of cars.
After walking a short distance further, our eyes suddenly opened up. The faces of the motorcade appeared in front of our eyes without any concealment. One car after another, winding into a long snake formation. It seemed that there were countless cars coming one after another. Look at them.
The direction of travel is also north to Beijing.
The cars one after another are neither carriages carrying passengers nor trucks pulling goods, but prison cars!
The sight of hundreds of prison cars is shocking to the soul.
These prison cars have the same specifications, all are single-horsepower, with three prison cages pulled behind them. Each cage holds a prisoner wearing a white prison uniform, all of them are shackled and shackled, with disheveled hair and blood stains everywhere.
It can be seen that they have obviously been punished severely.
There are three prisoners in a prison car, so the number of such a large team is more than 300.
Chen Jianchen couldn't help but gasped: Who are they? Why are they all prisoners? Or, maybe there is some shocking case happening nearby, so that there are so many prisoners to be taken north at once?
You know, generally prisoners are dealt with on the spot.
Looking at the escorting officers and soldiers, there were actually more than ten black-shirted guards among them, riding high-headed horses and armed with long-fingered whips. When they saw any prisoner they didn't like, they immediately dropped the whips...
The huge queue of prison cars turned up, and the sparse pedestrians on the official road hurriedly hid on the side of the road, not even daring to raise their heads to look. At the same time, they did not dare to walk anymore, with a cautious look that did not dare to breathe, for fear of fear.
If you take a step and move around, the officers and soldiers will think you have a guilty conscience and run away. At that time, it will be miserable.
Chen Jianchen and Yingning also stepped aside.
"You, raise your head!"
Suddenly, there was a loud shout, and two black-shirted guards rode up to Chen Jianchen and shouted angrily.
As soon as Chen Jianchen raised his head, he came into contact with four cold eyes like poisonous snakes.
Wow!
One of the black-shirted guards took out a large stack of thick portraits from his arms, and the other black-shirted guard asked: "Where did you come from as a scholar? Where are you going? Come quickly and follow the truth!"
"
Chen Jianchen held back his anger and said, "I am Chen Jianchen, a student who went from Jiangzhou Minghua Academy to the Imperial College in Beijing."
The black-shirted guard was obviously stunned, and his tone became calmer: "Is there a way to quote the document?"
Chen Jianchen took out the road quotation document from the bookcase. The black-shirted guard handed it over to him after checking it. He cupped his fists and said, "I'm responsible for this. Sorry for bothering you."
After a pause, he said to his companion: "Old Wu, there's no need to turn over the portraits. Let's go."
Old Wu put the large stack of portraits back into his arms with some frustration and muttered: "What a pity for the reward of one hundred guan..."
The convoy of prison cars was huge, with sparkling wheels. It took more than an hour to slowly move away. It was already dark, so the officers and soldiers who were decompressed lit torches, as if they were going on a night journey.
After the convoy had gone away, the pedestrians standing on the roadside exhaled with relief and hurriedly went back to their homes. Chen Jianchen suddenly grabbed an old man and asked: "Old man, I want to ask you, who are those prisoners?"
Who are they? Ocean thieves? Evil robbers?"
The old man was dressed in simple clothes and had wrinkles on his forehead. He looked at Chen Jianchen and said, "They are all scholars just like the young master. I heard that there are several writers and poets among them. Isn't it because they violated the river crab law..."
When he said this, he suddenly thought of something terrible, as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake, turned around and ran away, as if there was a fierce ghost chasing him behind him.
Scholar, wordsmith?
Although the information revealed by the old man was extremely thin and limited, Chen Jianchen suddenly understood and had already guessed something - since the promulgation of the "Literature Law", many literary prisons have been set off in various state capitals in a short period of time, and many scholars have been complaining.
Being imprisoned, or even being beaten to death, there is a saying in the public: "The laws of river crabs are written with blood and tears."
Among them, Old Master Liu of Minghua Academy was brutally murdered. At that time, Chen Jianchen was so furious that he succeeded in making a speech. But nothing he had witnessed before was as powerful as the hundreds of prison vans that appeared in front of him, which was more impactful.
Ying Ning asked confusedly: "Master, why are scholars everywhere being hunted now? Don't they say that all things are of inferior quality, only those who are good at reading?"
Chen Jianchen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Because the emperor doesn't like to hear some words or see some words."
Yingning's eyes widened: "Is it that simple?"
Chen Jianchen nodded: "It's that simple."
"Hmph, just because of the problem of speaking and writing, he is arbitrarily convicting people. This emperor is definitely not a good emperor."
The little fox was fuming, but she didn't care about the disobedient remarks.
Chen Jianchen is unlikely to care, but now is not the time to talk about this. It is better to find a safe place to spend the night and find Wang Chenghuang to understand the situation.