From the Valley of the Wicked to the Town of Demons

"How about it, there are gains."

At dusk, everyone from the God Catcher came back to the inn one after another, and all came to Yi Xing's room for a small internal meeting.

"There's no special news. Now Beiling County is in depression due to bandits, and water ghosts are making trouble. Most of the merchants have left."

Wang Yu said that they originally wanted to inquire about the clues about the collusion between the county government and the bandits, but they found nothing.

"The situation over there is similar to ours. For some reason, there is something wrong with Beiling County. Everyone is mysterious. It is said that the county has lost its population several times. The county government sent arresters to track it down, but nothing was found."

Li Tong then spoke. He felt that something was a little strange. The loss of population in Beiling County seemed a bit serious.

Afterwards, everyone said something to you, and everyone said something to each other, each telling the news they had inquired about, but there were not many useful ones, and they mainly focused on a few things.

First, Beiling County has been plagued by bandits for a long time. It was about two years ago, which coincides with the time when Wujia Village was massacred. In other words, the time when bandits appeared can be determined.

Second, there is currently no evidence of collusion between the county government and bandits. However, Beiling County is so severely disturbed by bandits, but they have not reported it for a long time. There is no news from Shenzhumen, which shows that the county government is indeed suspected.

Third, the county magistrate, magistrate and master of Beiling County have all served in Beiling County for more than five years.Especially the county magistrate, who has been the county lord in Beiling County for almost ten years, and is over fifty years old. Under his rule, Beiling County was pretty good in the early days, but something happened in the last two years.

Fourth, the water ghost appeared about three months ago. It was not serious at first, but in the last month, it has become very violent. It is said that it was reported to the demon town in the capital, but the demon town has never sent anyone Come, don't know why.

Fifth, the water ghosts are not only in the waters adjacent to Beiling County, but also in several counties downstream. The Yunsi Yamen sent official boats to guard them and cleared the water ghosts twice in the waterway, but with little effect.

Sixth, whether it is the county government or the transportation department, they have reported the water ghost incident to the town monster, but the town monster...

Thinking of this, everyone turned their heads to look at Lin Xiaochuan in the corner, while Lin Xiaochuan shook his head and said:

"If such a big thing happened, it is absolutely impossible for the department to remain silent. Even if I have not been in the department for a long time, it is impossible to be completely unaware. I am afraid that Yunsi and Fuya did not notify Zhenyaosi. an external subterfuge."

After Lin Xiaochuan finished speaking, everyone fell into silence, thinking about the key to this.

If it's about bandits, it's okay for the county government to talk about it perfunctorily, but what about the water ghost?

From the looks of it, it seems that the Yunsi Yamen was perfunctory about this matter. It was okay to say that the disturbance was not violent at first, but the disturbance has been so violent in the past month, why there is still no movement.

The matter is not simple, and I'm afraid it's not just a matter of Beiling County.

"Forget it, let's continue to inquire about the news tomorrow. If we still don't get any results, we will take back our official uniforms and go to the Beiling County Government Office the next day."

Yi Xing sent a message, so everyone didn't say anything, and immediately went downstairs to have some dinner.

This dinner was eaten like chewing wax, everyone didn't taste it at all, and all their thoughts were still focused on this case.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the morning of the second day, everyone dispersed immediately and continued to investigate in the county.

At this moment, several pairs of eyes fixed on them, and they were bumped into by several people before they walked far.

"Hey, let me say, why don't you have eyes when you walk?"

One of them pretended to be injured and fell to the ground, while others surrounded him, clamoring for medical bills.

"Why, you hit me, why do you still ask me for medicine money?"

The arrester who was bumped into shouted, but Wang Yu just wanted to stop him, but he was too slow.

Judging by the demeanor of these people, it is obvious that they are rascals. They "touch porcelain" just to ask for some money. In fact, there is no need to cause trouble, just give them.

Although the official ship sank, they, the god catchers, often traveled the rivers and lakes, and they carried their money bags with them, so they were quite affluent.

When you go out, you should avoid causing troubles, especially if they are still traveling in disguise now, these rascals are just asking for money, give them a little, and make peace, that's all.

"These little brothers, it's my fault for waiting. There is a little bit of scattered money here. I hope you will show me your hands and let me leave."

Li Tong is a sensible person, knowing that it is not appropriate to cause trouble now, so he immediately reached out and took out a handful of broken silver from his purse, which looked like four or five taels, and handed it over.

"It's better for you to be reasonable, forget it, help him up quickly."

One of the rogues took the silver and immediately waved his hand, while the others lifted the fallen man up and they dispersed.

Everyone shook their heads one after another. Beiling County is like this, and there are rogues making troubles. I am afraid that the quiet days will take a while to come.

It's just that they didn't know that it was precisely because Li Tong took out so much money so casually that there were more people who cared about them.

Not long after, a group of dozens of scoundrels gathered in front of a bald and strong man. He was a well-known bully in Beiling County, known as "Rogue Dog". He had many subordinates and lived by blackmail.

"Just now, Little Six sent back a message, saying that a group of people came from Beiling County. They seem to be quite wealthy. We have also been in trouble recently. This dilapidated place is getting more and more depressed. It is rare to have a good list. , and now I'm ready to pick it up.

After a while, you listen to the third child and separate separately. This group of people is mysterious, and they don't know what they are wandering around in the city. . "

After the rogue dog finished speaking, he immediately waved his hand, and a thin man came over to do the division of labor for these little brothers.

Originally, these people relied on intimidation and fraud to obtain property, but perhaps it has been too long without business, and this time they are going to do something big, which is robbery.

The law and order in Beiling County was very good before, and they dare not do too much, but now they have been harassed by bandits for a long time, and these hooligans have become more courageous, ready to follow the bandits and do something " Big deal".

Unfortunately, Yi Xing and the others became their first targets.
After a while, this group of rascals dispersed. They had been following them for a long time. These people were divided into several groups. They all knew where they were in the county, so they went directly to find them.

The first to bear the brunt was Lin Xiaochuan who was strolling towards the pier. He found someone following him, so he walked quickly, just in time to meet a funeral procession, and took advantage of the chaos to escape.

But the others were not so lucky, and they were blocked one after another, facing those rascals.

The God Catchers also have a temper. Facing sticks, they shot immediately and drove back those rascals in two or three hits.

After this incident happened, they couldn't continue to investigate, so they immediately went back to the inn, never thinking that there were already police officers from Beiling County waiting for them in the inn at this time.