Commander's Destiny

Chapter 37 Sacrificial Ceremony
Before Bai Wuyan could continue to say anything, a beautiful figure appeared, followed by a familiar yet unfamiliar girl's voice, and said delicately: "Brother Bai, it's me. I slept with Miss Zhai last night. I’m not used to it, I’ve been dreaming all the time, I woke up early today but I couldn’t fall back to sleep, so I came here first to investigate, and sure enough, I’m waiting for you.”

"It turned out to be Jingli. I thought you were still resting, so I didn't bother you. I came here alone." Bai Wuyan didn't notice the girl's abnormal voice at all, nor did she notice that she deliberately mentioned Miss Zhai. The accentuated voice from time to time, not to mention the careful dress and grooming under the pretty face with a little makeup, he only thought about the problem at hand, and asked straightforwardly, "Have you been here for a long time? Have you noticed anything strange?" where?"

Yao Jingli pouted angrily when she heard this, and said with a pun: "Brother Bai still wants to ask me, don't you yourself find anything unusual?"

"There is obviously a heavy statue in front of this tomb, but it seems that there is no trace of human transportation." Bai Wuyan's brain circuit is still stuck on another layer of things.

In desperation, Yao Jingli had no choice but to follow Bai Wuyan's thoughts and say: "It's not human-made. I used the soul flute to ask the wandering souls here to ask. I heard that it was the water ghosts in the Longkai River in Jiujiang that transported these white iron stone statues. It seems to be a sacrifice to the dragon god in the river."

"Oh? This matter sounds very strange. Why did the Dragon God want these statues of sinners as sacrifices? Where did Youhun tell you?" Bai Wuyan was deeply surprised, and thought he should ask carefully .

"It's the two demon spirits who have been sealed under this mountain for nearly a thousand years. According to them, it was a Taoist priest who is good at using flying swords, so that they can never enter reincarnation." Fortunately, Yao Jingli's interrogation was clear before, so he could explain. So detailed.

"So that's the case. It seems that we have to ask the dragon god in the Longkai River." Bai Wuyan nodded slightly, as if he had made up his mind.

Every time Yao Jingli saw Bai Wuyan like this, he couldn't help feeling a little admiration in his heart, and couldn't help asking in admiration: "Could it be that Brother Bai has thought of how to draw out the dragon god again?"

"Hey, I don't know if this method will work or not," Bai Wuyan sighed softly, and continued thinking a little, "Forget it, let's go back to the inn first, I'm worried about that kid Qianfeng. Let's eat After lunch, let's go find Miss Li and Mr. Qin together, and make some preparations."

Yao Jingli saw that Bai Wuyan didn't go into details, and he didn't ask in detail on the way back. He just kept fiddling with the ends of his hair, implying that Bai Wuyan should pay attention to his meticulous makeup and grooming, but Bai Wuyan was like a lump of wood. When they returned to the inn at noon, they didn't figure out what Yao Jingli's intention was.What was even more surprising was that neither Zhai Lingxiu nor Jiang Qianfeng had come out of the room at this time, Zhai Lingxiu had just gotten up and had responded, and Jiang Qianfeng was not awake at all.Bai Wuyan was very worried, but he didn't find anything abnormal, so he had to think that the two of them were too sleepy.

Jiang Qianfeng didn't know how long he slept before he was awakened by the smell from the back kitchen. He came to the lobby of the inn and saw other people sitting around the table drinking tea, so he sat down too.The moment he sat down, he caught Yao Jingli's attention with a casual glance, and blurted out, "Jingli, you seem a little different today?"

"Oh? Tell me why it's different?" Yao Jingli didn't expect this fool to be better than Bai Wuyan in this aspect, so he couldn't help being interested.

"It just feels a little different from before," Jiang Qianfeng hesitated for a long time, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I know, the hair is different."

Zhai Lingxiu giggled when she heard this, smacked her lips and added: "You can't even tell that, it's not just the hair, I think sister Jingli's dress and hair accessories are obviously well-matched, it's even more beautiful than that. When I first saw her, she looked like a fairy, so beautiful."

Hearing what Zhai Lingxiu said, Jiang Qianfeng nodded repeatedly, and Bai Wuyan's eyes slowly fell to Yao Jingli at this time, but he only smiled slightly.Yao Jingli knew that Bai Wuyan was too insensitive to these things, and after hearing Zhai Lingxiu's compliment, most of the resentment and boredom in his heart disappeared.

"Sister Lingxiu don't make fun of me, I'm always like this," Yao Jingli quickly changed the subject after responding briefly, and asked Bai Wuyan, "Brother Bai, what preparations do you think we need to make? "

Bai Wuyan said a little embarrassedly: "We need to prepare a sacrificial ceremony, the kind where everyone beats gongs and drums, and worships the river god during the ceremony. It's best to make the movement louder."

"Brother Bai, do you want to lure that dragon god out like this?" Yao Jingli couldn't believe it, this is the method Bai Wuyan said before.

"No, my sacrificial ceremony is not for the Dragon God, but for the Li family," Bai Wuyan continued, "As for the Dragon God, the mountain people have their own tricks."

For the rest of the day, Yao Jingli and Bai Wuyan shared the ins and outs of the matter with others, and then went to Li's house together, saying that they needed to hold a donation ceremony to worship the river god, and the truth would naturally come to light.

After that, everyone worked hard for two days in a row, until the fourth day, the Li family moved the five newly cast white iron statues to the ceremony site by the river.

"I want to see what kind of tricks these foreigners will come up with in such a big battle. How can they solve an unsolved case with no clue?" Li Hongyu put on a look ready to watch the show. With a gloating look, he ordered the servants beside him, "Pay close attention to that surnamed Qin. If you let him run away, I will ask you."

"Yes, yes, yes, miss, don't worry." The head of the Li family quickly agreed, and led his subordinates to tie Qin Shusheng to the side of the sacrificial platform by the river like a sacrificial offering.

(End of this chapter)