Help!Master Chief Assistant's Jiaojiao is a black widow

Chapter 94

Waiting for the shop to gradually clear up, the shopkeeper came to the two of them, Hua Rujin regained his composure and asked in a soft voice: "Shopkeeper, do you know what the officers of the inspection department were talking about just now, and what is involved? To hundreds of lives?"

"Hey, it's better for you two not to ask about this matter."

The store owner is reluctant to mention this.

Shu Jinxuan knew that her cousin wanted to gain a foothold in the litigation field, so she didn't want to let go of these errands of complaining, so she urged: "Brother Hu, don't be a fool, tell me, what happened?"

Shopkeeper Hu looked around, then sat down, and whispered to the two of them:
"This matter can be traced back to a year ago. The fishermen on the riverside in Jiang'an County often let cormorants into the water to fish, but this year the cormorants refused to fish, even if the fishermen forced the cormorants into the water. Dropped into the water and they jumped back onto the boat in no time."

"That's a rare thing."

Cousin Ruya stroked her chin and sighed softly.

"Who said it wasn't."

Shopkeeper Hu continued: "It's not a big deal, just one night before January, those fishing boats by the river began to shake violently, and the cormorants kept calling, as if frightened, the fishermen ran out of the cabin and found many The corpses were floating on the river surface, and there was still black air on their bodies. What was even more strange was that those corpses stood on the river surface and would not sink. The next day, there were many dead fish floating on the river surface, and the surrounding river water It's all gone black."

"Excellent, why are there dead bodies on the river?"

Hua Rujin was also very puzzled: "What does this have to do with those hundreds of lives?"

"As for why the dead bodies suddenly appeared on the river, we don't know, but there are indeed a lot of strange things in the county recently."

Shopkeeper Hu didn't say what he said next, and a layer of cold sweat had already oozed from his forehead:
"Also last month, two red-eyed, white-haired monsters suddenly appeared in a household's home. These two monsters ate all the meat, melons and vegetables that the household had prepared for the wedding banquet, scaring the guests away. They played and played at home for a while, but they disappeared without a trace when they waited for the county government officials to send them."

At this point, shopkeeper Hu didn't mean to stop, but continued to tell:

"There is another even more outrageous thing, but I witnessed it with my own eyes. It was probably last month that a neighbor in our village passed away. He actually sat up from the coffin, and everyone fled out of the yard in fright.
Several relatives and friends and I climbed up to the courtyard wall to see, and found that the corpse had walked out of the courtyard, its two arms could move on its own, and its two feet were jumping high when walking. Several relatives and friends were terrified. , picked up some stones and threw them into the yard, the corpse seemed to have noticed something, and then returned to the coffin. We were worried for a long time, and then a brave man went in to check, and guess what, the corpse was lying back again In the coffin, we were so frightened that we hurriedly sealed the coffin to calm the storm. "

No matter how Hua Rujin heard it, she felt that this situation was like a zombie movie she had seen in her own world.

Are there really zombies?
Shu Jinxuan also looked terrified, and sighed uneasy: "These things have nothing to do with the hundreds of lives my cousin asked about."

"How can it be all right?"

Shopkeeper Hu frowned and said: "In the middle of last month, a Taoist came from our county. He said that these things were all because of resentment in the Chu River. Since ancient times, there have been many tragic wars on the Chu River. There are countless dead bodies in the river, if the resentment gathers to a certain level, it will lead to the resentment of corpses, and the people who drink the river water will become extremely vicious, killing each other, and then the world will be in chaos."

"A Taoist priest again."

Thinking about the Dou family, Hua Rujin didn't know how to describe her hatred for Taoist priests at the moment.

"Shh, Miss Hua can't talk nonsense, even the government dare not be careless about such things."

Shopkeeper Hu's expression was extremely serious: "The Taoist priest said that there are too many resentful spirits in the Chu River, and the river god dare not accept them, so they have to sacrifice to the river god."

"Could it be that more than 100 lives are being sacrificed to Jiang Shen?"

Hua Rujin suddenly realized.

"Exactly."

Shopkeeper Hu said: "It is said that 49 boys and girls will be used to guide the way, and then 81 girls who have just entered the age of Ji will be dedicated to the god of the river and all the water ghosts and evil gods in the river. avert disaster."

"It's unreasonable, isn't this just killing people's lives?"

Hua Rujin was furious when she heard it: "Could it be that these children and the parents of the girl's family are willing?"

"Hey, who is willing to hand over their children if there is no way out?"

Shopkeeper Hu sighed sadly: "Last month when Censor Caojiang was leaving, he ordered Tuzhi County and the inspectorate to investigate the matter thoroughly, and they adopted the Taoist's suggestion to allow all parts of the county to use lottery. The method is to select suitable candidates in each village, and my unlucky nephew is only four years old but has been selected, and will be sent to hold a sacrificial ceremony on the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Shu Jinxuan has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, and did not show Hua Rujin's righteous indignation.

Ever since Grandpa Taizu passed away and was buried with more than forty people, the old tradition of sacrificial burial was resumed, and the folks have not heard of such things in many years.

Although he sympathized with the plight of those martyrs, he himself was a son of a medical family, and his status was noble in the eyes of outsiders, but it was not worth mentioning in the eyes of those officials and dignitaries.

So he didn't want his cousin to get involved in this kind of thing.

After all, this matter involves the government, and if you are not careful, you will lose your head.

Hastily ordered shopkeeper Hu to prepare some mung bean powder before leaving.

Hua Rujin took the ingot and handed it to shopkeeper Hu, but shopkeeper Hu resisted in every possible way: "Miss Hua is really out of touch. I have known Mr. Shu Er for many years, and you have come from afar. I am afraid that the hospitality will not be good. You didn’t treat me as one of your own when it came to raising money.”

Hua Rujin also saw that Cousin Ruya brought her here not only to meet old friends, but also to save money for herself, so she thanked shopkeeper Hu and followed Cousin Ruya back to the carriage.

On the way back, she heard crying everywhere, Hua Rujin lifted the curtain of the car to look, and saw the officers of the inspection department escorting a young woman or carrying a young child to rush outside the city go.

Behind them, the voices of crying father and scolding mother can be heard endlessly:
"You bunch of thieves with no conscience, return my daughter."

"My child, you return my child."

"You bastards, I curse you to die."

Hearing the loud crying outside, Shu Jinxuan put down the curtain cruelly, and said to Hua Rujin solemnly:
"Cousin, I don't think there's anything wrong with you wanting to be a lawyer. I know you won't become Gu Langxi and his like, but I hope you don't put yourself in danger. Although I don't know about you and her How did you get to know each other, but you have also seen the danger before, if you don't have Mr. Ye's help, you can't shake this filthy officialdom by yourself anyway."

After a pause, his expression became more serious: "Three years ago, if I knew what happened to you when you went to Dou's house, I would rush back from Beijing no matter what. Now that I am by your side, I will never Will watch you get into any trouble again."

These days when I met Cousin Ruya, it was the first time I saw him so serious.

Hua Rujin smiled warmly at him: "Cousin don't worry, I know it well."

Shopkeeper Hu's words are still fresh in her memory at this moment. If this kind of thing really causes chaos in the world, I'm afraid that even in front of the emperor, he will give up these more than 100 lives.

What can a little lawyer like myself change.

(End of this chapter)