The master said not to judge people by their appearance

An hour later, Xie Yunlan came to the pier next to the Heshen Temple again. Shen Fan sat behind his horse and yawned. He hadn't slept enough, so Xie Yunlan forcibly pulled him up.

If this was an ordinary homicide case, Xie Yunlan would let Shen Fan fall asleep, and he could handle it by himself, but this matter was weird from inside to outside.

He Zhu was obviously locked in a prison last night, and Cangzhou City is more than ten miles away from the Heshen Temple, and the gates of the city are closed at night, and no entry or exit is allowed. How did He Zhu leave the heavily guarded prison?How did you leave Cangzhou City?And finally died in the Cangjiang water used to worship the river god?

"Master Xu, what did you find out?" Xie Yunlan got off his horse and found Xu Xin who was standing by the pier.

Xu Xin wiped the sweat off his forehead and laughed dryly: "Not yet..."

The Hekou Village case, he just said last night that he would have a good trial, but he didn't expect that one person died overnight, and the way of death was so bizarre. He was so shocked that he immediately woke up from the hangover, and wanted to find out the murderer quickly, but there was no clue. nothing.

Xie Yunlan didn't say anything, but asked, "Where is the corpse?"

"It's by the pier. I just caught it!" Xu Xin hurriedly led the way.

Xie Yunlan brought Shen Fan forward, the body was already a little swollen after soaking in the water overnight, but various characteristics proved that this was He Zhu.

"Who found the body? Where was He Zhu held last night?" Xie Yunlan asked the guards around him.

"It's a fisherman. He Zhu was imprisoned in the prison of the prefect's mansion last night!" Xu Xin wanted to show off in front of Xie Yunlan and save his image, so he hurriedly came out and replied.

"How many people are there in the prison? Who are they? When did He Zhu disappear? Has anyone seen it?" But Xie Yunlan asked a little more in detail, and Xu Xin hesitated and couldn't answer any of them.

What a wine bag!Xie Yunlan felt disgusted in his heart, this Cangzhou prefect was sycophant, and he was not bad at eating, drinking and having fun, but it was better to expect pigs to climb trees than to expect him to do something serious.

Fortunately, Xu Xin didn't understand these things, but the guards under him did. One guard stood up and replied, "The seven are all from Hekou Village who were imprisoned with He Zhu yesterday. When did they disappear?" I know, but no one saw it. The prisoner who was with He Zhu woke up and found that there was one person missing, and they thought they were brought for interrogation by us."

"What about the guards last night? Did the guards at the prison or the city gate find anything unusual? Are there any traces of outsiders coming to the prison?" Xie Yunlan asked again.

The guard shook his head.

Everything was as usual last night, there was no trace of the prison door being pried open, and the soldiers guarding the city were on duty all night, and there were soldiers patrolling the city from time to time. He Zhu was robbed from the prison, then left Cangzhou City, and threw him into the Cangjiang River to drown.

But this happened by chance, and it was so bizarre that it didn't seem man-made.

"Master Xie, could it be..." The guard who spoke looked at the Heshen Temple beside him.

The rest of the people followed suit. This was not just his own thoughts, but the thoughts of everyone present. This is really not something that humans can do. Moreover, the Cangjiang River is so big, but He Zhu died impartially. At the pier next to the River Temple, this river mouth village is used to worship the river god.

The God of the River said that if the old man He didn't present a groom to her on time, the old man's family would be ruined. Now that He Zhu's strange death, isn't it the fulfillment of the God of the River's words?

Xie Yunlan frowned, he turned to Shen Fan and asked, "Can you see anything?"

Shen Fan looked at the drops of water dripping from He Zhu's body, and said the same thing as yesterday: "The water is very clean."

"That is to say, someone deliberately pretended to be a ghost?" Xie Yunlan said.

"No." Shen Fan denied it. He walked to the edge of the river, looked at the constantly flowing river, and murmured, "It's too clean..."

"What do you mean?" Xie Yunlan asked.

"Those who drowned died in vain, and those who died in vain would have resentment to some extent, but the river is also constantly flowing, and the resentment will be diluted and dissipated with the flow of water." Shen Fan explained.

Nine people have drowned in this river before, but there is no resentment left in the water. This is not abnormal, because even the last drowned person was ten days ago. For a river as wide and vast as the Cangjiang River, ten days is enough for the drowned person to die. The resentment was diluted to the point of imperceptibility.

"However, He Zhu died last night, and the resentment in the water cannot completely disappear in one night." Shen Fan judged, "There is something at the bottom of the water that is absorbing the resentment."

"Is it a demon? Or... a demon?" Xie Yunlan's expression became serious.

The purpose of their trip south at the beginning was for the demons in their hearts, but the way Shen Fan chose the direction was too unreliable. Xie Yunlan had actually been wondering if they could really find something when they went south. Now it turns out that they may Really found it.

"I don't know." Shen Fan couldn't be sure, "You have to see its real body."

Xie Yunlan frowned. This fake river god is hidden at the bottom of the Cangjiang River. If you want to find it, you have to go into the water. However, the water situation in the Cangjiang River is complex and changeable. There might be a monster hidden in the bottom of the water, if you rush into the water to look for it, if you don't find the monster, you will lose your life in vain.

Xie Yunlan was thinking about countermeasures when he suddenly heard a noise not far away. He looked up and saw that it was a person from Hekou Village.

The villagers in Hekou Village became more honest after being taught a lesson by Xie Yunlan yesterday. Later, seeing that Xie Yunlan was so powerful, they dared not be presumptuous. However, this honesty only lasted until today. After Hekou Village, the whole village exploded.

Men and women, young and old, all crowded to the pier to ask for an explanation.

"You killed He Zhu! We want to see the prefect!"

The crowd jostled and shouted.

The guards naturally refused to let them pass, but there were too many people in Hekou Village. The whole village came together, three or four hundred of them, and their colleagues at the dock were only about thirty, which was more than ten times the difference.

Seeing that the crowd was about to rush through the blockade, the leading guard drew out his saber with a "shua" sound: "Who dares to be presumptuous!"

People are afraid of officials, and most people will be a little afraid when they see the official uniforms of the officers, and those who are more tempered will not dare to be presumptuous when they see the officers drawing their swords.However, the people in Hekou Village were very abnormal. Seeing the sharp blade, they didn't retreat in fear.

Swordsmen have no eyes, even if the guards don't want to hurt people, if the chaos continues like this, accidental injuries will inevitably happen, especially if there are children in the crowd, so childish.Xie Yunlan yelled, "Stop!"

He has been in command of the army for many years, and he already has a majestic aura, and he used his internal strength when he shouted. This sound was like a heavy drum, hitting the ears of everyone, and the crowd subconsciously stopped.

Xie Yunlan stepped forward, stopped and said: "The imperial court will naturally investigate the case of He Zhu's drowning and give you an explanation. What's the trouble here?!"

"How do you investigate? He Zhu was killed by you!" Someone in the crowd shouted.

"Ridiculous!" Xie Yunlan's expression turned cold, and the man immediately dared not speak out.

But another old man shouted: "If you hadn't stopped us from offering sacrifices to the river god, how could He Zhu have died? It's all right now, the river god is angry, and He Zhu's family is ruined, and we can't escape!"

He pointed at the people in Hekou Village, the guards present, and even Xie Yunlan: "The God of the River is going to stir up a flood and break down the dams of the Cangjiang River. No one in Cangzhou City can escape!"

The people in Hekou Village were frightened just now, but now thinking of the coming flood, they shouted and responded. No one can survive the flood, so what are these officers and soldiers doing?

"Nonsense!" Xie Yunlan scolded again, "Where is there a river god? It's just a monster that kills people!"

"It doesn't matter if she is a river god or a demon, she has magical powers, if we don't listen to her, we will die!" Someone shouted.

"Then you will send her a bridegroom, abduct innocent travelers, and trade the lives of others for your own safety?!" Xie Yunlan's sharp eyes like a hawk locked on the speaker in an instant.

The person who spoke only felt trembling all over his body, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, but someone next to him shouted: "Then what should we do?! Who doesn't want to live?!"

"That's right, who doesn't want to live! And as long as we donate 72 bridegrooms to the God of the River, we can save all the people in Cangzhou! 72 for one hundred thousand, we are still saving people! Why should we be punished!"

People in Hekou Village responded one after another, becoming more and more confident.

Even the guards on the side nodded secretly when they heard this, offering 72 bridegrooms to the God of the River to keep Cangzhou safe.

Of course, the premise is that they are not the groomsmen.

Xu Xin obviously thought the same way, he said, "Master Xie, I think what they say makes sense..."

"What's the point?!" Xie Yunlan couldn't help being dissatisfied with Xu Xin. This Xu Xin is the same as the people in Hekou Village. He is narrow-minded and short-sighted. He only cares about his own interests. It won't be lost, it's nothing to sacrifice 72 lives, and if it is ten times higher, he will do the same.

"The evil spirit is asking for 72 people now, so you know it won't ask for another hundred, one thousand, ten thousand?!" Xie Yunlan said angrily, "It will ask for the whole world, and you will give it?!"

Xu Xin didn't dare to say anything, but someone in the crowd murmured, "But the River God only needs 72 bridegrooms now, so if we offer them accordingly, maybe everything will be fine..."

Xie Yunlan raised his eyes to look for it, but he couldn't find who the speaker was, because the group of people in front of him almost had the same idea, which was almost a stupid fluke.

"It can't be all right." Shen Fan stood next to Xie Yunlan and said to everyone, "This monster is absorbing the resentment of the drowned person to strengthen itself, if it really has the ability to stir up floods, it won't come to you, and directly water Flood the city of Cangzhou. The grievances of the 72 Cangzhou people are enough to turn the world into a monster. It did not do so, which just shows that it is not strong enough. It can only rely on pretending to be a ghost to scare you into offering sacrifices for it. The [-] people are just the beginning, the greed of the evil spirit will never end, the more people you sacrifice to it, the stronger it will become, and when it is strong enough to call the wind and rain, it will not wait for you to sacrifice, it will directly attack."

"Who are you?" Everyone in Hekou Village looked at Shen Fan suspiciously. This silly boy was deceived by them just yesterday, and what he said was really not credible.

"Don't be presumptuous!" Xu Xin finally remembered that there was such a master with great powers on their side, and hurried back to Xie Yunlan's camp, "This is Master Shen Fanfan, the emissary of the Dragon God from the middle of the capital, The case of the monster flood dragon was solved by Master!"

Everyone was surprised for a moment, and they didn't know whether they were surprised that this silly boy turned out to be the envoy of the Dragon God, or they were surprised by the strange name of Master Shen Fanfan.

But even if it is really the envoy of the dragon god from the capital, are there still few god sticks with false names?Yesterday Shen Fan said that the water is fine and the river god doesn't exist, what's the matter?

The crowd did not change their attitude because of this name, but shouted again: "If you are really that powerful, why don't you go to be a sacrifice to the river god yourself! If you subdue the monsters in the river, we will believe you. You come to calm the anger of the river god!"

How unreasonable!Xie Yunlan was so angry that he wished he could just draw his sword and chop off the gangsters, but his sword was not with him, and before he took any action, Shen Fan had already answered.

"Yes, yes, but..." Shen Fan seemed to hesitate.

Everyone only thought he was guilty, and shouted: "Didn't you say that the dragon god's messenger? Why don't you dare!"

"It really is a liar!"

"Since he is a liar, why not just throw him down, since he should have been the bridegroom of the River God anyway!"

The more the crowd talked, the more excited they were, they pushed against the guards again, trying to throw Shen Fan into the river.

"I'll see who dares!" Xie Yunlan snatched an officer's official knife, and with a flash of the blade, it was already placed on the neck of the person who yelled the loudest.

This hand shocked everyone, Xie Yunlan's sword was as fast as lightning and thunder, if he hadn't kept his hand, the man's head would have been separated from his body, but even so, there was a streak around the man's neck The bloodstains, Xie Yunlan's blade didn't even touch the opponent directly, but was only caused by the sharp blade aura.

The hot-blooded crowd finally belatedly remembered who was in front of them. This was not the idiot of Cangzhou prefect Xu Xin, but a real general who had killed tens of millions of Yuanrong people.

The crowd fell silent for a moment, not daring to mention Shen Fan as a sacrifice.

Shen Fan took the initiative and said, "I'll go and have a try."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, apparently they did not expect that the liar would take the initiative to make sacrifices.

Xie Yunlan frowned, pulled Shen Fan aside alone, and asked out of everyone's hearing: "Are you sure?"

"No." Shen Fan said honestly.

"Where would we go without you?!" Xie Yunlan was irritated by Shen Fan again, "Are you afraid that the monster has not absorbed enough resentment, so you want to go into the water and give it another life!"

Shen Fan blinked and realized that he and Xie Yunlan were not talking about the same question.

He explained: "It won't kill me, I know water."

How long can it be?Xie Yunlan didn't believe it at all. No matter how good the water quality of human beings is, can they compare with these monsters born in the bottom of the water?

Furthermore, if Shen Fan was really so confident, why did he hesitate before?

Shen Fan's previous hesitation and the lack of confidence he just said did not mean that he was not sure when confronting this monster, but that he was not sure that he could lure the other party out.

After all, what this monster wants is a young and handsome man, and he...

"I'm not good-looking." Shen Fan said with inferiority.

Xie Yunlan: "..."

Is this what you are hesitating about? !

And what's not good about you? !