Standing together through thick and thin

Chapter 140

Rainbow Butterfly flew out to look for news, and Shao Qiu and the others were not idle.

They have been dispatched to investigate more things.

Mrs. Lu also helped out. Hearing Shaoqiu's words, he was also very flustered, so he went to Mrs. Xunyun, the prefect, and told Mrs. Yun about the fall of Shitou Village. After Mrs. Yun knew about it, she also became anxious. I don't believe it, but how could the news sent by Mrs. Lu be false?

Even if it was a fake, she had to be found out for such a major matter, so the first thing she had to do was to tell Xu Jinqu the news in a hurry.

Xu Jinqu was taken aback. He didn't believe it at first. On the land under his rule, such an incident happened, and no one reported it. He couldn't absolve himself of the blame.

However, even if he didn't believe it, he still sent people to investigate the truth with a sullen face. As a result, the truth found out was: Not only did Stone Village fall, but it was said that several other villages were also attacked last night.

People turned into mummies overnight, and the villages that were almost devastated were wiped out by the army. Few people survived. Those who survived were either frightened out of their wits, or they hid them well and escaped the next day. Far away!

The county magistrate also soon found out about the news, and immediately sent people to check it out. The people who came back said that what they saw were all horrible corpses. When the errand arrived at the village and was about to do a good job, his legs became weak from fright and he almost fled back to the yamen.

This matter is no small matter and has attracted everyone's attention.

And this matter, in just two days, spread in Ji County.

The speed of the spread was so fast that people couldn't figure it out. Everyone in Ji County was talking about it.

"Who did this?" Xu Jinqu wanted to suppress the news so as not to cause chaos in Jixian County, but he didn't expect that it was only two days, and it was already known to everyone, causing panic in Jixian County. He doesn't believe in people playing tricks behind their backs.

Xu Jinqu's subordinate replied respectfully: "My lord, I have already sent someone to investigate, but the source of the news can't be found. It seems that at the same time, there are people sending this message in various places, but I can't find anyone."

Xu Jinqu had a serious and gloomy face, "Continue to investigate!"

"Yes, my lord^" The butler touched the sweat on his forehead, looked at the sky, what was going on, why did a lot of things happen this year.

Now when I go outside, I can hear everyone saying that those villages are cursed, and people who are close to those villages have moved away one after another.

Now all the people in the nearby villages in Jixian County are scared, some run away, and some of them beg Qingtian Master Liang Zhixian one by one.

Liang Zhixian has one head and two big ones.

"What should I do? What should I do?" The magistrate of Liang, who had just been proud of his deeds, suddenly faced such a situation, his body turned around in a hurry, and several strands of his hair turned gray. All the achievements before him can be wiped out.

But they have no clue, who would have thought that a good person can become a mummy overnight?

The master gave advice to Liang Zhixian, and asked Liang Zhixian to go to the prefect Xu Jinqu to discuss what to do, but Xu Jinqu was also at a loss, and he returned without success.

It was at this time that someone appeared, and he came directly to the gate of the magistrate, saying that he had a way to solve the curse in the village.

Whether it is the magistrate or the magistrate, they have all received this person. This person is none other than Qiu Qianfu, the son-in-law of the head of Baili Village.

This man is a scholar with a reputation. Although he doesn't understand why he wants to be someone else's son-in-law, this is not something they need to think about. Everyone has different ideas. Even if everyone thinks that being a son-in-law Not good, but someone did it anyway.

But now, since he has a way, they interviewed this man.

Shao Qiu and the others didn't know about this matter, they were gathering together at the moment to collect the news they had investigated these days.

"The search for the colorful red butterfly finally came to fruition." Shao Qiu, Li Xiuye, Zhang Zelin, and Chen Yu sat in the yard and took out all the news they had sorted out.

Seeing that they were going to have a long chat, Mrs. Lu hurriedly asked someone to prepare tea and snacks and carefully entertained them. She didn't go out that day, and there were curses in the county. It was not easy for them to go out to meet guests, so they communicated through letters.

Zhang Zelin took a map of Ji County from someone else. Maps are very precious nowadays, usually in the hands of city lords or some important people. Zhang Zelin didn’t know how to get them, but his ability Shaoqiu After people have seen it, naturally there is no doubt.

Zhang Zelin spread out the map on the table, which took up a whole table, and then took four stones, placed them on the four directions of Jixian County, east, west, north, and pointed to the stones: "These places are all They are the specific directions of the summoning formation, which are distributed in the four directions of Jixian County, the southeast, the north, and the west. It is also in the positions of the formation in these four directions that the magic energy is the most, and my rainbow butterfly also killed many clones I need to rest for a few days before I can recover." Zhang Zelin complained that his colorful red butterfly is so precious that he feels distressed even if he loses a feather.

"Okay, don't talk about it, tell me what's going on?" Chen Yu pushed his shoulder and said.

Zhang Zelin nodded, "Well! First, Stone Village in the north, which was the first to be attacked, followed by Yangjia Village in the south, Kongshan Village in the west, and Dongsheng Village in the east. These four directions, the formations are opened at the same time, about once every ten days and a half months, and those low-level demons can appear here from the devil world through the formations, and these monsters will come back at dawn. To the Demon Realm."

"Now I need the specific positions and patterns of the other three formations, so that I can find the eye of the formation and eliminate them together."

"Leave this to me, and I will try to draw the formations in the other three directions as soon as possible." Shaoqiu said, he is the only one here who can draw.

"No, just go to one place." Zhang Zelin smiled and said, "Drawing three in a row is too much time-consuming. You can go directly to Kongshan Village in the west, and I will go to Dongsheng Village, where the evil spirit is the heaviest. Chen Yu, you Just go to Yangjiacun!"

This is indeed much faster. Chen Yu doesn't know the formation, "It's okay, I'll go and see. There was a stone formation before, and I don't know what formation to use next."

"Stones are just one kind, and there are more. Some are talismans, and some are buried in the ground. It is not difficult to find these formations. You only need to pay attention to two places. One is where the magic energy is most powerful. Heavy, it is the place where the devil energy gathers, and the second is the abnormal place, generally there will be certain rules in the formation, it seems to be groundless, but in fact, if you look closely, it is completely different."

"It's as if the stones were originally piled together, and someone scattered the pile of stones and placed them in their corresponding positions. At the same time, you have already seen one formation, and the other formations that follow are different. It shouldn't be very big, as long as you find a place where demonic energy will emerge out of thin air, I believe it should be a formation."

"Woman", Zhang Zelin continued to tell them many things about the formation, so that they could understand it better, so that they wouldn't have to worry too much when looking for it.

After that, after giving orders, he was ready to go.

Shaoqiu went to Kongshan Village, Chen Yu went to Yangjia Village, Zhang Zelin went to Dongsheng Village, and Li Xiuye ​​also had his own affairs, "Go to the magistrate's mansion and check the situation of those mummies."

None of them objected, and they set off together.

Lu Shi has long been used to his children being so busy all day, so he will make them pay attention to safety.

It was already two hours before Shao Qiuhe set off to the west gate and arrived at Kongshan Village. Although the speed of the carriage was fast, it still took more than two hours to arrive.

Kongshan Village is a little bigger than Shitou Village, surrounded by lush greenery and beautiful scenery, but at this moment there is a sense of lifelessness that makes people feel depressing.The people in the village were already empty. I don't know if they were all dead or some escaped.

But no matter what, these existences are temporary.

The magistrate had already been dragged away by those terrifying mummies, no matter how terrifying they were, they couldn't stay here, so they took them away responsibly.

Shao Qiu walked to the empty village and began to look for a place that might be a formation.

Even if he doesn't know the formation, he can still draw the surrounding scenery.

And when the four of them worked separately, before they knew it, the people sent by General Shao had already entered the range of Ji County.

In front of their eyes was a big mountain with unobstructed pipelines, and they saw a sign pointing in the direction of Ji County.

"Housekeeper, look, we have finally arrived. After crossing this mountain, we will be in Jixian County. You can find a place to rest and have a good drink."

"Yeah, brother, I've been traveling so hard for half a month, and I feel a little tired." "Okay, don't complain about you, the boss has a lot of money to eat, so send us to protect them. We will do our best, but Don't tarnish the name of our Zhang family bodyguard!"

"Yes, yes, what the elder brother said is true."

The Escort Zongmen chatted outside for a while, then stopped the carriage, and the leader of the Escort said: "Go and tell the steward, just say that Ji County is here, and see if she has any orders."

"I'm so tired."

The young man rode his horse to find the steward, and the steward came to see Grandma Wang. Madam Wang was also sent to pick up Aunt Lu and the two concubines this time.

Hearing that there was an intersection, he just responded lightly, "Yeah."

Wang Momo lifted the curtain of the car and looked out, feeling that there were more pedestrians on the road than usual , Moreover, no one came into Ji County, but most of them dragged their families and left with salutes. It didn't look like there was anything good about it. Go ask and find out what happened and why they all went out."

It is impossible for there to be so many merchants!

Moreover, most of these are poor people. Usually, let alone going out of Ji County, they rarely even go out of the village. It is very troublesome to go to the town or county. Now that they are walking out of the intersection, she can't help but feel a little uneasy.

The man quickly asked about the whole story.

"Mother Wang, I heard from them that many places in Ji County were cursed, and people from many villages died overnight. Not only that, they also seemed to have been sucked dry, leaving only a pair of "Skeleton" said the man, shaking his body and showing a look of fear, "Now the surrounding villagers dare not approach those villages, and have moved away one after another."

"Curse?" Mother Wang was also taken aback.

It's not that people like them don't believe in this kind of thing. On the contrary, they trust it a lot. Normally, they would choose to investigate calmly, but now, those villagers who escaped said it strictly, and it doesn't seem like a lie at all. When someone saw it with their own eyes, she had to believe it.

A kind person came over to remind me, "I advise you not to enter Jixian County. There is a curse there now. Now everyone is thinking about what to do? The villages near Dongsheng Village have all suffered disasters. Our village If you get closer, you might be the next one to suffer, so you don’t dare to stay any longer, you have to run away quickly, I advise you not to go in, otherwise, it is very likely that you will become like those mummified corpses.”

"Understood, thank you little brother." Wang Momo asked someone to reward the little brother with ten coins, and the little brother left happily. It is also happy to be able to make some money with a word of.

But thinking that they were going to leave the village to go to other places, the road ahead would be long and there would be nowhere to stay, and the few money would not make him happy anymore. With a sigh, he stayed away from the Jixian intersection again.

"Nurse Wang, what should we do? Are we still going to pick up someone?" When such a thing happened, no matter it was true or not, it was scary.

Wang Momo originally thought that this errand was very simple, who knew that such a thing would happen?

After thinking for a while, Wang Momo said: "Let's find a place to settle down nearby. Don't go to Jixian County for now. Let's see the situation first. If... there is still, send someone to deliver a letter to Madam and see what Madam has to say."

A few people seemed to have found the backbone, the bodyguard came over and asked a few words, then ordered the brothers to take the carriage to a nearby tea house to settle down and inquire about the situation.

Nanny Wang is also very preoccupied, and she doesn't know if anything happened to Aunt Lu.

In the past, no one cared if they had an accident, and they took advantage of their hearts when they had an accident, but now, if they want to restore their reputation, they can't have an accident. When something like this happened to the general, he even sent someone to pick him up. If someone didn't receive it, something happened, what would others think?

But now, the curse made her upset, so she hurried to this place, and when this happened, Mother Wang was very depressed.

At the same time, she didn't want to risk her own life. What kind of thing is Lu Shi?

Even if she has a son who can make money, she still feels that Mrs. Lu is not as noble and prestigious as herself. She is a decent nanny by Madam's side, and she is much more noble than her aunt. Naturally, she will not put herself in a dangerous place for Mrs. Lu. .

Thinking of this, Wang Momo leaned on the carriage and closed her eyes to rest her mind. She couldn't sleep well on the way, and felt tired even if she was riding in the carriage.

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