Liao Zhai's Refining God

"It's a pity that he was allowed to escape!" Qingyu sighed sadly.

"Master, don't blame yourself. This is already very good. If it wasn't for the layman's plan, it would be difficult for us to keep the five hundred Yin soldiers of the Shuifu on the Tonghe River, let alone severely injured the general." Qing Ming still thought more carefully, and hurriedly comforted Qingyu.

As Qingming said, Wang Lin never wanted to let Xia Wu go. It can be said that she had planned well and accurately grasped the timing of the attack, and took the risk to lure Xia Wu to use magic to attack the altar. It is well thought out.

But the effect was still unsatisfactory, Xia Wu escaped again, but Wang Lin cannot be blamed, after all, this is Tonghe, Xia Wu can borrow the rhyme of Tonghe water, this is the root of his escape, if there is no Tonghe Hebo Give him a god general, let him have the ability to use the water rhyme of Tonghe, I am afraid he will surely die.

Naturally, Wang Lin was not very annoyed, and she did her best, as long as the goal was achieved.As Qing Ming said, it is too difficult to keep Xia Wu on the Tonghe River. It is already an excellent result to be able to hurt his Yin God to such an extent. I am afraid that Xia Wu will be weak for a while and needs more Only with a lot of willingness can he slowly make up for the damage he suffered this time.

This is still in the case of sufficient will power and spiritual materials, if it loses power because of this, and the cultivation resources cannot keep up, then it is another matter.

"Thank you, Layman Guyu, for your generous help, otherwise our Qingniao tribe will suffer catastrophe tonight." Qingyu also recalled it at this time, and bowed down to Wang Lin.After all, all of this is due to Wang Lin.

"What are the two plans for the next step?" Wang Lin asked casually.

Obviously, Wang Lin felt that Xia Wu would not let it go, and Xia Wu was acting on orders, and whether He Bo would take action himself was unknown.

According to Wang Lin's character, everything must be prepared for the worst and dealt with with the worst plan.If Qingyu and Qingming wanted to deal with it, Wang Lin felt that there were only two ways, either to move the Qingniao tribe away from Tonghe; or to have the strength to fight.

But in the current situation of the Great Xia Kingdom, it is simply too difficult for so many Qingniao people to move away from the land they depend on for survival. I am afraid that the Great Xia Kingdom will not agree. After all, there is no unclaimed land in the Great Xia Kingdom. They all have owners.

To move to other people's land is tantamount to robbing other people's land, or war;Therefore, this matter is extremely difficult to decide.

"We are fairly familiar with several water gods in the tributaries of the Tonghe River. They are all righteous human gods. My husband and I are planning to unite with them and meet Hebo at this gathering in the Hebo Water Mansion.

First of all, figure out whether this is the meaning of He Bo himself, or whether his subordinates are acting recklessly, and then think about the countermeasures. "Qing Ming said softly.

"If this is what He Bo himself meant, wouldn't you be throwing yourself into a trap by going to the meeting. I think it's too risky." Wang Lin reminded kindly.

"For the sake of the clansmen, this risk must be taken. If He Bo is really the mastermind behind the scenes, the only one left is Zhan Er!" Qingyu Dharma Body was startled.

"Gao Yi, Mrs. and Mrs. Xian, our master and servant are going to Donghai County. Maybe we still have time to meet and cooperate." Wang Lin said.

"Thank you very much." Qingyu and Qingming said with their eyes brightened, they obviously understood what Wang Lin said, Qingyu took out a storage bag and said: "This time the layman is helping out, we have said before that we will give As for the reward, although we know that these vulgar things can't match the kindness of lay Buddhists, but this is a little wish from our husband and wife, please be sure to accept it."

Wang Lin took it over, put her spiritual thoughts into the storage bag, and found that there were a lot of things in it. There were two pieces of metal, which were purple-gold, which were obviously high-quality spiritual materials; there were also two golden and cyan stones, four The square one was only ten centimeters long and wide, and about four centimeters high. Wang Lin probed it with her spiritual sense, and immediately felt an extremely pure energy of gold and wood.

"What's this?" Wang Lin asked as she flipped her hands and took out two pieces.

"This is a spirit stone, which is rarely seen in the mortal world now. It is said that it can only be seen in high-level secret realms and upper realms. The energy of the five elements contained in it is extremely pure and can be quickly used by monks. The fusion speed of Qi, blood, and spiritual power is much faster than that of monks absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Moreover, after the spiritual energy in the high-quality spirit stone has been absorbed, as long as it is placed outside, it can slowly gather the spiritual energy again, but it takes a long time. Our husband and wife also got these two high-quality stones by chance. Quality Lingshi. "Qing Yu explained.

"I'll take this metal spirit stone, keep this wood spirit stone, it's good for you in battle. I'll take these two pieces of metal, as for other materials such as incense, fire, power, etc., I don't want it "Wang Lin took away the metallic spirit stone and two pieces of metal, and returned the small storage bag to Qing Yudao.

"How can this be done? This is the wish of our husband and wife. Layman must accept all of them." Qingyu said anxiously.

"I've accepted the two wishes, that's enough! You two must have noticed that Xia Wu also has a grudge against me. I helped you and I helped myself. I feel ashamed for getting so much." Wang Lin Free and easy way.

"Since the layman said so, we will not force it. From now on, our husband and wife will definitely trouble the layman." Qingyu said.

"That's great." Wang Lin nodded.

Early the next morning, Wang Lin left Qingya Mountain with Wang Daniu. As for the matter of Qingya Mountain, if Xia Wu went and came back, or even Shanghebo sent a general to attack, Wang Lin would not be able to control it.

However, judging from the fact that the Qingniao people have started to move one after another, they are also doing some coping work, mainly away from the main channel of the Tonghe River.It is estimated that Qingyu and Qingming are about to start a series of schemes.

Wang Lin took Wang Daniu on land, avoiding the Tonghe River. After all, knowing that Xia Wu was Hebo's general, he naturally couldn't get too close to Tonghe, lest they would think of a sneak attack.

This time Wang Lin walked very quickly, and Wang Daniu went straight to Donghai County with Wang Daniu. Wang Lin was mainly worried about her sister.

Because from the position passed to Wang Lin by Nie Xiaoxuan, the Hebo Water Mansion is within the scope of Donghai County, Wang Lin was really worried about whether Ning Caichen could cover it.

Chapter 5 arrives

Donghai County is a county in the Great Xia Kingdom that is closer to the sea. It is said that the distance is close, but in fact, the county seat is still a hundred miles away from the sea.

In this era, manpower is limited, and people are extremely in awe of the sea, so they stay away from the sea, and very few people live by the sea.

However, the Tonghe River flows through Donghai County, and due to the flattening of the terrain, a huge water area is formed. This water area is connected to the sea and is wide and vast, known as Tonghai Lake.Donghai County is on the edge of this water area, only about ten miles away.

And with this water area as the center, there are a large number of villages scattered here and there, all fishermen living on Tonghai Lake.

Wang Lin came overland with Wang Daniu, and before they arrived at Donghai County, they first arrived at the Shuibo Temple beside Tonghai Lake.

A few miles away from the Shuibo Temple, Wang Lin heard a burst of mournful cries. There were so many people, and the cries were miserable, which really hurt the hearts of those who heard it.

Only when I got closer did I realize that the Shuibo Temple here is extremely magnificent.Originally, Wang Lin thought that the water temple built by Zhenwei Escort for Zhu Ziping was already extremely magnificent, but only after arriving here did she realize that it was nothing short of a big deal.

The Shuibo Temple here occupies a large area, and there is a large courtyard behind the main hall, shaded by blue stones, green tiles and green trees, forming a huge courtyard group.

At this time, on the huge square in front of the main hall, bamboo baskets were neatly lined up, each containing a baby. These small babies were placed in the bamboo baskets just like that, and the older ones tied their hands and feet together. Let these babies cry.

Wang Lin made a rough calculation and estimated that there were at least a hundred of them.But at this time, there are still an endless stream of people sending these babies here.

And outside these bamboo baskets, a large group of villagers knelt down on the ground, begging in pain. It was obvious that these infants were their heirs, but they didn't dare to snatch them, they just knelt here and prayed to the God of Water Forgive, spare their children.

The warriors who took care of these babies were all dressed in black clothes with different patterns embroidered on them, such as fish, shrimp and crab, or water snakes and so on.

And in front of the main hall, a person who was urging and commanding was wearing a long black robe with a giant python embroidered on it. It can be seen from his clothing that this person should be a temple priest.He is also the commander of the baby catch this time.

"Young master, this is too tragic. I will teach them a lesson, rescue these babies and return them to their parents." Wang Daniu saw this situation before, and immediately flew into a rage and wanted to take action.

"Wait!" Wang Lin stopped him.

At this moment, a group of people came from the official road leading to the county seat, and it was a group of government servants who rushed over hurriedly surrounded by one person.

Naturally, Wang Lin had already discovered it with her divine sense, so she stopped Wang Daniu, and Wang Lin also discovered that the person who came was Ning Caichen, who was wearing an official uniform and was hurriedly accompanied by the yamen servant.

I haven't seen him for several years, but Ning Caichen has changed a lot. He is less childish and bookish, but more vicissitudes and calm.

Wang Lin and Wang Daniu were in the dense forest beside the road. The reason why Wang Lin didn't go out was to see how Ning Caichen would deal with it. According to Wang Lin's understanding of him, he seemed a little cowardly. Faced with the current situation, how would he act? .

"The master is here, the master is here." The lonely and helpless villagers who only knew how to cry and plead saw Ning Caichen come, and each of them seemed to have found their backbone and saw hope, and immediately muttered and rejoiced. He looked at Ning Caichen.

"Hmph!" The temple wished to see Ning Caichen coming, and snorted coldly, as if quite disdainful, and looked at Ning Caichen fearlessly.

Ning Caichen looked around the whole square, and the whole square fell silent instantly, even the crying villagers stopped crying and looked at Ning Caichen pitifully.

"My lord is not drinking tea and studying at the county government office. What are you doing in my temple? Do you want to offer incense to the god Shui Bo?" The temple wished neither yin nor yang.

Ning Caichen has been in Donghai County for less than two years, but he is an extremely clean official and handles cases fairly. Second-rate.

"Don't you know what I'm here for? You build temples, worship gods and make wishes. Previously, I respected your local customs and didn't interfere.

But you are harming the common people, I, as a county parent official, can't ignore it.Now, I order you to quickly release these babies and let their parents take them away. The chief culprit and culprit who took the lead in handling this matter will follow me to the county government to plead guilty and punish the law. " Ning Caichen said loudly, his voice was loud, without any fear.

At this time, Wang Lin also nodded secretly. It seems that she thought that Ning Caichen was cowardly back then, which was a bit biased and fallacious.He is not cowardly, when the rogue villagers bullied him, he disdained to entangle with the villain; but now the responsibility is, in such a situation, he is fearless and very tough, which shows that his character and temper are like this.

"Haha. They are believers of Shui Bo Zunshen, and they all voluntarily presented their babies and children. These people rely on Zunshen's protection to live and work in peace and contentment. Offering one or two heirs to Zunshen can guarantee their lives for generations. It's such a good deal Of course, they are willing to buy and sell. If you don’t believe me, you can ask these people if they are voluntary.” Miao Zhu said without fear.

"You, you, you. Bring the three of them here for questioning." Ning Caichen turned his head to look at the crying villagers. Those villagers immediately lowered their heads, avoiding Ning Caichen's gaze. Ning Caichen pointed three times with his fingers. Individuals, ordered the Yamen servants to bring the three over.

"Whether you were coerced or voluntarily sent your child here, report the truth." Ning Caichen looked at the three of them majestically and said.

"My lord, we are voluntarily dedicating our children to the gods. We only pray that the gods will bless us to live in peace and have enough food and clothing for generations to come." The old man put his head on the ground trembling and said this with all his strength.

"So do we!" Ning Caichen looked at the other two villagers, and they both quickly lowered their heads and said.

"My lord, since they are willing to show their filial piety to Zunshen, why should your lord bother with this matter? A good relationship with Zunshen will be of great benefit to your success in Donghai County, otherwise your future may be in jeopardy." .

"Bring that woman here for questioning." Ning Caichen ignored him, and pointed at another woman who was about 30 years old. At this time, the woman almost fainted from crying, her eyes stared straight at him. To a bamboo basket, she was dragged by the yamen servants to Ning Caichen.

"Who is your lady's name, where does she live, and who is in her family?" Ning Caichen did not ask this matter directly this time, but asked the woman instead.

"Li Erhua, a peasant woman, lives in Heishipu. There is a father-in-law who is paralyzed in bed, a peasant woman, and a peasant woman's three-year-old son." The peasant woman forced herself to reply, and when she mentioned her son, she couldn't help crying like rain.

"Where's your husband?" Ning Caichen frowned.

"My husband went fishing in the lake for a year, fell into the water and never came back." The woman reported truthfully.

"Hmph. You are such a vicious woman. You donated the only bone and blood left by your husband. Do you want to remarry and don't want to drag you down with your children?" Ning Caichen said suddenly.

Chapter 5 questioning

"My lord, I am wronged, I am wronged. My husband and I have been childhood sweethearts since we were young, and we have a deep relationship. I will never remarry." The woman said humanely.

"Since you and your husband have a deep relationship, why donate the only blood and bones left by him to the temple. Don't you know that they will sink babies and children into the water to sacrifice to Tonghe Hebo on the night of the full moon. In this way, How can your child survive?" Ning Caichen asked in a cold voice.

"You donated your only heir, and your family will lose its incense after that. This is a testimony of the deep relationship between you and your husband. If you don't report the truth at this time, even if I want to help you, it will be difficult for me to help you." Ning Cai The minister deliberately sighed at this time.

"My lord, please be the master for the women. The women don't want to sacrifice my son. He is my only hope in the future and my lifeblood. Even if I die, I don't want anything to happen to my son.

However, those of us who came to present our children had the same dream in the past few nights. If we don’t present our children, our village will be submerged, and we will not be able to salvage fish and shrimp from the lake from now on, which will cut off our way of life .

Moreover, Miaozhu sent people to notify us one by one, asking us to donate our children immediately, otherwise we will be punished by Tonghe Hebo.They forced us to sacrifice our children.

But now the women have figured it out, I don't have a son, what's the point of being alive, even if I am punished by He Bo, I don't want to sacrifice my son. "The woman said hoarsely.

"You guys are willing to dedicate your children to He Bo. If you are willing, I have nothing to say. If you don't, you can stand up now, and I will uphold justice for you." Ning Caichen said loudly.

"My lord, I was forced! I don't want to give up my daughter!" After Ning Caichen's words fell, the whole venue was silent, and there was a pause of dozens of breaths, and the corner of Miao Zhu's mouth was already raised in a sarcasm. Smiling, a man immediately stood up and said loudly.

At this moment, Wang Lin couldn't help but nodded secretly, Wang Lin was impressed by Ning Caichen's growth.After he came, he seemingly inadvertently chose the three villagers for questioning, but he deliberately tried to throw stones and ask for directions, so as to understand the situation through observation.

As for which woman to choose, it is also well thought out, because there is no family to accompany that woman, unlike other people, whether old or young, there are always several people with them, only the woman is alone.

Obviously, she must be a widow, and this woman is looking at a bamboo basket, and a boy is tied up in that bamboo basket, so it is natural to imagine the situation.

"Okay, since you are being persecuted, my lord, as the parent officer of Donghai County, will naturally make the decision for you. Now I order you to take your children back and take care of them well, without violating them." Ning Caichen said loudly.

"Stop!" As soon as Ning Caichen finished speaking, the woman was about to snatch her child, but Miao Zhu blocked her in an instant.

"Do you want to test the law with your own body?" Ning Caichen stepped forward in a loud voice, staring at Miao Zhu and said.

"My lord, you have been in Donghai County for two years. I know that you don't believe in gods. You are a scholar, and you think that there are no ghosts and gods in this world. It's all fools.

But today I want my lord to witness with my own eyes that there are gods in this world, and God He Bo protects us all the time.If they don't sacrifice this baby today, Master He Bo will punish him. They can't afford it, and you can't afford it either. "The Miao Zhu threatened in a cold voice.

Following Miao Zhu's words, Tonghai Lake suddenly churned with huge waves, the waves surged like small hills, and seemed to be sweeping towards the shore, but the waves never made it to the shore, just rolling on the lake as if being controlled .

The villagers who were getting up to retrieve their children were suddenly paralyzed and trembling with fright, and even the woman looked at Ning Caichen in horror, not daring to move forward.

"My lord, the god is angry. I hope my lord will not intervene in this matter. Otherwise, He Bo will punish him, and all living beings in Donghai County will die. Including you, my lord." The temple wished triumphantly.

"Hmph!" Ning Caichen snorted coldly, ignored the man in the slightest, turned around and walked towards the huge waves on the shore, until he reached the pier by the shore, and proudly faced the [-]-meter-high huge waves. : "As the parent official of Donghai County, I have to plead for the people because of my duty.

If you are the righteous God of Tonghe, you should protect the people, and you should not harm innocent infants and children; if you are an evil god, I will not be afraid of you even if you are smashed to pieces, you can kill me, but the people of Donghai County will remember me, I The official can guarantee that your temple in Donghai County will be completely destroyed. "

"Roar!" There seemed to be a faint roar from the huge waves, the sound was overwhelming, but Ning Caichen took a few more steps forward, almost touching the standing huge waves.

"My lord." The yamen servants who followed Ning Caichen were afraid to move forward, but now they all rushed forward and surrounded Ning Caichen.

"My lord!" Seeing Ning Caichen like this, those villagers also stood up, and they were no longer very afraid, and walked towards the huge waves.

Slowly, the huge wave subsided and fell into the lake without a trace.The sea breeze is coming from the east, the waves are surging, and the sun is shining. It seems that the huge waves that stood up strangely before have never appeared at all.

"Retrieve their own children!" Ning Caichen stared at the vast lake, sighed deeply, then waved his hands behind him, and followed Ning Caichen's catcher and shouted loudly.

"My child!" In an instant, those villagers swarmed up and took their children out of the bamboo basket. The temple Zhu looked at everyone like this, and stood still.

Wang Lin nodded. Obviously, Ning Caichen already knew that there were ghosts and gods in this world. Also, as a parent officer, he didn't know how many such ghosts and gods he had to deal with, so he naturally knew.

But today he handled this matter with courtesy and restraint, which can be said to be just right, grasping the interests and needs of Tonghe Hebo who must rely on the villagers to offer incense power. If they kill Ning Caichen, his incense power will inevitably increase. suffer loss.

Obviously, He Bo retreated in the end. Obviously, he still attached great importance to the power of incense and fire. After all, it was necessary for the gods, and it was also the basis for Tonghe He Bo to survive. Naturally, the small would not lose the big.

As for the recruitment of infants and children, which villagers voluntarily offered sacrifices, it demonstrated the might of the Hebo Water God, but once it was exposed, the nature would be completely different.

Originally, Wang Lin thought that she was going to help Ning Caichen, but she didn't expect him to solve it by himself, which really surprised Wang Lin.But at the same time, it is quite commendable.Ning Caichen seized the timing extremely well.

However, Wang Lin felt that He Bo would not let it go, the bright ones would not work, but the dark and dark ones would definitely come.

"Let's go, let's go into the city!" Wang Lin didn't meet Ning Caichen face to face, but greeted Wang Daniu and headed towards Donghai County.After all, it is inconvenient to meet each other face to face, Wang Lin can be sure that Ning Caichen must be being watched now.

Chapter 5 and 11

When she came to Donghai County, Wang Lin found that the county was smaller than Guobei County, and the population was much smaller.There are quite a few sellers of parallel imports on the street, including fish, shrimp, conch and other products, and the smell of stench is rippling in the wind.

At nightfall, Wang Lin brought Wang Daniu to the county government office. The gatekeeper was an old man, about 60 years old, with back ears and stooped figure.

Wang Lin also didn't expect that the dignified county government would use such a janitor to explain the reason to the old man, and the old man would take Wang Lin into the county government office and enter the backyard of the county government office through the side door.

"My dear brother, why are you here?" The old man came to the backyard door and knocked. Ning Caichen came out of the study and appeared at the door of the county government's backyard. After opening the door, he was surprised to see Wang Lin.

"Traveling around, I specially came to Donghai County to see it. I heard that my brother-in-law is the county magistrate here, so I came to visit. Where is my sister?" Wang Lin said.

"Your sister is busy in the backyard." Ning Caichen said with shame on his face.

"Oh, I'll go and have a look." Wang Lin nodded casually and walked towards the backyard.

In fact, Wang Lin had already scanned it with her divine sense. Although it was already night, Wang Zhi and Xiaotao were still busy.

A large open space in the backyard was turned into a vegetable field by the two of them. It is midsummer now, and it is the best time for all kinds of vegetables to grow.Wang Zhi and Xiaotao boiled beans and other vegetables and dried them on the rope.