Fourteen: Peach branches go west
Ripples appeared on the dark water, and a hazy white light emerged from the bottom of the water. With a crash, two figures emerged from the water. Guo Xun made a vigorous leap and landed on the shore like an osprey. Steam was forced out of his soaked clothes.
It won't take long for it to dry out.
Li Li'er looked at the water and asked, "What's below?"
Li Chan just put the red medicine into the painting. In the painting, he knew the origin of the red medicine's transformation into demons, but he also didn't know why the red medicine ate Pu Shuifu Lord. He looked at the water vapor rising from Guo Xun's back.
, waiting for the following.
Guo Xun frowned.
"Pushuifu Lord is dead, as if he was struck to death by a sword."
"Kill to death with one sword?"
"Yes, that sword mark is more than two feet long and more than three feet wide. Looking at both ends of the scar, you can see that it was made by the tip of the sword, not the blade."
"It was the practitioners who took action."
Li Chan's abrupt words made the three of them fall silent.
This topic was not continued.
Li Lier glanced at Li Chan and asked Guo Xun: "Pushuifu Lord was originally a mirage spirit. I was trapped by the mirage when I came here, but you said that Pushuifu Lord was dead. What happened?"
Guo Xun replied: "When I went into the water, I saw the body of Master Pu Shuifu split open with a sword. There was only a skeleton inside the mirage. The flower stems on the water grew out of the skeleton. The skeleton was small in size and had a round skull.
, with narrow shoulder bones, she is probably a girl in her teens..."
Guo Xun's words reminded Li Li'er of the clay sculptures he saw in the Goddess Temple during the day.
"goddess?"
"It's probably her. Judging from the situation under the water, Pu Shuifu Lord has been dead for a while. Pu Shuifu Lord's physical body has disappeared, and a demon fetus has been born from the goddess's bones. According to Xiao Langjun, the demon can also control mirages.
You can probably guess some of the context of this matter."
Li Li'er thought for a while and roughly deduced the situation, but still said to Guo Xun: "You tell me first."
Guo Xun did not answer, but first ordered everyone to arrest the evil officials.
"You guys, go back to the company to ask for some dragon elephant skills, bring ropes and tools, fish out the things from the bottom of the river, and transport them back to Shenzhaji before dawn! Don't let anyone see you! You guys, go to Fujun Temple
Please go to the Goddess Temple’s headquarters for blessings and general affairs!”
There were still more than two hours before dawn, and all the demon hunters disappeared into the night.
After sending the remaining people away to guard the surroundings, Guo Xun explained to Li Li'er.
"The demon was born from the bones of the goddess. It should be a little bit of the goddess's true spirit. But Pu Shuifu's body disappeared, and the inner wall of the mirage was full of roots. Presumably, it was the goddess who ate Pu Shuifu.
In this way, I will also gain the magical power of Lord Pushui and be able to swallow mirage."
What Guo Xun said is basically consistent with what Li Li'er was thinking, but there are still many doubts about this matter. Lord Pushui Mansion was killed by a sword. Who killed this sword? Anyone who can kill a seventh-grade righteous god is absolutely
He is not an ordinary martial artist, but a practitioner. When a practitioner is involved, the nature of the case changes. Why did the person who drew the sword kill Lord Pu Shuifu and leave the goddess alone with her true spirit? Why did the goddess leave the spirit alone?
Isn't that right? You want to devour Lord Pu Shuifu's body and turn into a demon?
"Where are the other clues?"
Guo Xun lowered his head: "There are no other clues for now. We have to wait until tomorrow to carefully examine the two demon bodies under the river, or what can be found out from the mouths of the spirits in this temple."
Li Lier looked at Guo Xun.
"If the goddess voluntarily became a demon, she must have resentment in her heart! It is said that this goddess is a mortal girl who became a god, and a mortal girl became a god. Why do you feel resentful? You are the captain of the Shenzha Division, and you can't find out this matter?"
"this……"
Guo Xun looked troubled.
"This bridge was donated by the Cui family in Xiangbei."
Li Chan looked at the Goddess Bridge.
"When the bridge was being built, the mirage spirit caused chaos. The Cui family in Xiangbei invited a mirage to make the mirage the Lord of Pushui Mansion. He also made a young girl the Lord of Pushui Mansion. She is now the goddess.
How does a mortal become a god? He abandons his physical body and leaves a little of his true spirit to be worshiped with incense. As for where the goddess's physical body went, Captain Guo has just seen it."
Guo Xun remained silent, and Li Li'er was startled when he heard the words, with anger in his eyes, "There are demons causing trouble, why don't you kill them and eliminate them, but make them gods?"
Guo Xun lowered his head and said: "Removing monsters is like suppressing bandits. Instead of going to war, it is better to promise them benefits and take them for your own use. After the completion of the Goddess Bridge, the Lord of Pushui Prefecture has protected peace for twenty years..."
"absurd!"
After Li Lier scolded him, he fell silent. Although Dayong chased demons from the west more than 20 years ago, his vitality was severely damaged and he had to rest and recuperate. Consecrating this mirage spirit to become a god may seem absurd, but it can guarantee this area of water.
If there are no other demons causing trouble, how should we praise and criticize them?
Li Li'er took a deep breath and said coldly: "It's okay to confer the title of Wild God, but why do you want to confer this title on the Goddess?"
Guo Xun sighed, "The young man was born in Yujing, and has never seen anything like this. The wild gods are untamable, and even if they are destined, they may not change their ways, but if there is someone close to them, they can understand human nature, and it will be easier for them to change their ways."
communicate."
"So you gave this girl to Lord Pu Shuifu? This is feeding a demon with a human being, feeding a demon with a human being!"
After all, Li Li'er couldn't suppress his anger and cursed: "If she was willing to become a god, why would she be willing to transform into a monster! Ridiculous! Ridiculous! In the whole world, we are the only country in Dayong that swears not to coexist with monsters, and countless soldiers do not hesitate to do so.
What is the purpose of expelling the demons with my life, so that my ordinary subjects will not suffer from the demons! Isn’t this goddess who feeds the demons my ordinary subjects?"
When he was cursing, he seemed to have used too much force. The handle of the beech wood lantern was snapped into wood, and the fire in the lantern skin was stimulated by invisible energy and went out in an instant. Li Li'er took a few deep breaths, threw the lantern away, and hummed heavily.
With a cry, he strode to the Pu River, looked at the water with his hands behind his hands, his chest was still rising and falling rapidly, but he said nothing.
He understood the reason why the Chief of Staff was unwilling to investigate the case.
There are nine surnames in the Dayong Kingdom, and the power of the Cui family in Xiangbei ranks among the top three. The current head of the Cui family in Xiangbei, Cui Shilian, is the right minister of Dongtai, and is a very popular minister. The current Queen Zhenhe is also from the Cui family, and she is a god.
How dare you stir up this troubled waters?
Guo Xun was secretly shocked. The young man's majesty when he was angry actually made him dare not speak out.
The frosty moon was high, and the young man gradually suppressed his anger in his heart. He looked at the dark water, and from the corner of his eye he saw the peach branches reflecting the moon. By some mistake, he reached out and broke off a peach blossom, threw it into the water, and watched the water flowing westward.
peach branch, thinking deeply.
"You learn and apply it."
Li Chan walked to the shore carrying a lantern.
"The goddess turned into a flower demon, ate mirage essence, and was able to breathe out mirage energy. You didn't seem to have spent much effort in getting rid of her."
Li Li'er was still looking at the water and didn't hear Li Chan's answer. He no longer wanted to question him. He had changed his mind about this right-wing monster. He wanted to investigate this case. Li Chan was more powerful than Guo Xun.
Good help.
But the sword that killed Pu Shuifu Lord, Xiangbei Cui clan, Shen Gong seemed to have a profound suggestion, which made Li Li'er's thoughts confused. He gave up thinking for the time being, and just sighed: "If someone had killed this mirage back then, Jing, how can there be anything behind it?"
Li Chan glanced at Li Li'er. He had always stayed away from this young man who had always been somewhat domineering, but Li Li'er's scolding just now sounded a bit happy.
Chapter completed!