The master said not to judge people by their appearance

"Master Hou, do you want to change your clothes first?" Wang Tai asked as he trotted after Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan didn't answer. After repeatedly searching the water surface and confirming that the snake had escaped, his face sank like water, wearing this wet suit, and carrying the icy wind and rain, he broke into the colorful cloud boat.

The girls in the boat were all frightened by him, and it wasn't the first time Xie Yunlan came here, but it was the first time he had such an unfriendly expression, with a terrifyingly cold expression.

Yunxiu had already changed into clean clothes, and was surrounded by a group of sisters, asking for warmth, Xie Yunlan went straight to her, he had always been kind to women, but this time he didn't hold back his aura at all, condescending , looked at Yunxiu with a scrutiny.

"Why did you jump into the river? Is the snake related to you? You are helping it escape on purpose!" Xie Yunlan asked sharply.

Yun Xiu seemed frightened by his eyes, and murmured without answering.

The sister beside her couldn't see it, so she mustered up the courage to come out and replied: "Master Xie, Sister Yunxiu didn't jump into the river, she fell down by accident."

"Yes, I testify! It was too crowded by the window at that time. We sisters wanted to see clearly, so we all squeezed forward. The window eaves were short, and sister Yunxiu accidentally fell down."

"I also testify!"

"I also……"

Five or six girls stood up to testify for Yunxiu, but Xie Yunlan was still staring at Yunxiu, and he asked, "Where is Luo Yong'an?"

"I don't know..." Yun Xiu finally spoke. Just after falling into the water, her body was still shivering due to the low temperature, but her voice was firm, "I haven't seen Luo Yong'an since he left ten years ago, and I don't know what The snake just fell into the water accidentally because it was too close to the window."

Xie Yunlan squinted his eyes, obviously in disbelief.

A few girls who had good friends with Yunxiu tightly held Yunxiu's arm. I can't stand it, let alone a weak woman.

However, Xie Yunlan looked at her for a moment, didn't do anything, turned around and took her away without saying a word.

Caiyunfang left behind a group of people to wait, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't react in a daze.

Wang Tai didn't react, and after leaving Caiyunfang, he asked strangely: "Master Hou, won't you arrest her and bring her back for interrogation?"

Xie Yunlan still didn't answer, and the plan that had been planned for several days fell short, and he was very unhappy at the moment.

Wang Tai guessed by himself, could it be that he felt pity for the fragrance and cherished the jade?Cloud sleeves are pretty.

But after thinking about it carefully, I think it shouldn't be. The Yuanrong people have never used any kind of strategy to deal with Xie Yunlan. Once, they sent a female assassin disguised as a refugee to assassinate him. After Xie Yunlan subdued her, she personally participated in the interrogation.

Because there is a younger sister in the family, he is used to being gentle with women, otherwise it is easy to scare the other party, but that is a normal situation, this kind of assassin involves important secrets, and he did not have the slightest sympathy when interrogating them.

Although a group of sisters testified, Yunxiu was too suspicious and impartial. She fell into the river at such a critical time, and it happened to be her, a sister who used to have a good relationship with Xu Liniang. Don't say that Xie Yunlan didn't believe it was Coincidentally, Wang Tai didn't really believe it.

But why didn't Lord Hou interrogate the other party?Wang Tai couldn't understand it.

After walking for a while, Wang Tai saw a white figure in front of him in the distance, and he stretched out his hand to say hello: "Master!"

Shen Fan held an umbrella and stood by the Yanshui River. Xie Yunlan asked him to try to discern the resentment left by the snake, and if he could track the snake's whereabouts.At this moment, when he heard the sound and turned his head, his eyes only stayed on Wang Tai who called him for a short while, and then he looked at Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan asked, "How?"

Shen Fan shook his head.

The last hope was also shattered. It would be a lie to say that he was not angry. For today's roundup, he secretly ordered people to build the iron net, and ordered people to prepare more powerful crossbow arrows to penetrate the water surface and injure the snake. He also acted in such a play with Shen Fan, deliberately showing his flaws, and leading the snake to take the bait, but in the end it was all in vain because of this one mistake.

But Xie Yunlan quickly controlled his emotions. It is inevitable that there will be victories and losses on the battlefield. It doesn't matter if you lose one step.

He stopped for a while in the rain, and decided to go back to the prefect's mansion first and change into clean clothes.

Shen Fan went back with him.After this fierce fight, no one cared about holding an umbrella, and they were all drenched by the rain. Xie Yunlan and Wang Tai were also directly drenched in the rain all the way. Only Shen Fan still had an umbrella in his hand. Give up half of the umbrella to Xie Yunlan.

Xie Yunlan glanced at him. Although he had controlled his emotions, he was still suffocating, but he suddenly felt much better at this moment.

He took the handle of the umbrella, held the umbrella with Shen Fan, and walked slowly back to the mansion.

Wang Tai was aggrieved and followed behind in the rain.

After returning to the other courtyard, Xie Yunlan asked someone to fetch some hot water, took a simple bath, changed his clothes and went to the main hall to look for Shen Fan.

After standing outside for a whole day, tired and hungry, Xie Yunlan picked up Shen Fan's snack and ate two pieces, and at the same time told him how he went to Caiyunfang to find Yunxiu.

Shen Fan had the same question as Wang Tai: "Why didn't you interrogate her?"

"If she dared to jump into the lake, she already had the will to die." Xie Yunlan said.

At that time, the rain of arrows fired a volley, and the place where the cloud sleeves fell into the water was not in the center of the rain of arrows, but it was within the coverage area. She was lucky to be unscathed, but it didn't mean that her action was safe.In fact, if one of the arrows was shot slightly off, or if Xie Yunlan didn't notice her to stop immediately, she would most likely be shot through by the crossbow arrow and die on the spot.

A person is not even afraid of death, and those punishments can't do anything to her. Xie Yunlan knows that even if she brings Yun Xiu back, she won't be able to interrogate her. Why don't she leave her outside and see her next move.

However, this is too passive. He started asking people to stare at Yunxiu three days ago, but Yunxiu has never been abnormal. He has never even left the door of Caiyunfang. He does not know when he will wait any longer , if possible, Xie Yunlan still wants to take the initiative.

He asked Shen Fan: "What do you think the heart demon will do next?"

Shen Fan thought for a while and said, "It was seriously injured and needs resentment."

This time the snake was injured more seriously than last time, and the soul fire burned its whole body along the iron net. If it hadn't been supported by the huge resentment of Zheng Rui's family of more than [-] members, it would have been burned to ashes just now. Even though he was alive, his strength was greatly reduced, as evidenced by the weakening of the rain.

Resentment... Xie Yunlan thought for a moment, called all the guards under him, and assigned tasks to them.

The banks of the Cangjiang River and the various waterways in Cangzhou City are guarded by officers and soldiers at intervals, but Xie Yunlan is not at ease with this group of people in Cangzhou from top to bottom, and must not let the snake succeed again. No more dead people, he sent out all his men and asked them to help keep an eye on them.

After the case of Zheng Rui's family, the surrounding counties also received news. Now along the Cangjiang River, the ports of major states and cities prohibit launching ships. It is difficult for the snake to find opportunities. At the same time, it may not be able to swim that far.

Based on its current injuries, Xie Yunlan speculates that its activities should be limited, it will not leave Cangzhou too far, and it is probably still hiding in the waterways of the city.

He arranged most of the people in the city, and it turned out that his guess was right. That night, not long after the day's events, the snake appeared again in the city, and attacked an officer and soldier.

Xie Yunlan was woken up in the middle of the night, he hurriedly put on his robe, took Shen Fan with him, and rushed to the place where the snake appeared.

This is a tributary of the Yanshui River. It is not wide, about two feet long. There are green algae floating on the water surface, blocking the view from the bank, and the snake is hidden under the algae.

Xie Yunlan asked the officers and soldiers to keep an eye on the river bank, and at the same time asked them to ensure their own safety and not get too close to the river. It stands to reason that the snakes would not have a chance to attack the officers and soldiers.

The whole thing happened very strangely. Around midnight, an officer and soldier on duty suddenly walked towards the river. His colleagues thought he was going to pee, but they didn't take it seriously.

Qiao Zhen happened to be arranged here by Xie Yunlan to guard with the local officers and soldiers. He felt that the other party was in a bad state, staggering, as if drunk, but they didn't drink at all tonight.

He used an excuse to make things easier, and followed the other person to the river, but the person didn't stop, and with one step, he wanted to jump directly into the river.

Qiao Zhen hugged his waist quickly and stopped him dangerously, but the other party was not grateful, but struggled instead, staring blankly at the water surface, as if something was attracting him, thinking like crazy Jump into the river.

Qiao Zhen was so strong that he couldn't stop him, but the other officers and soldiers saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly shouted for help, so they held him down together and dragged him back to the shore.

During everyone's movements, Qiao Zhen heard a sound of water, like the sound of a fish's tail slapping the waves, but this sound was far louder than usual. There shouldn't be such a big fish in the river, so Qiao Zhen quickly ran back to the shore, Saw a snake tail that was hiding in the water.

"Where is the person who jumped into the river?" Xie Yunlan asked Qiao Zhen.

Qiao Zhen took Xie Yunlan over, pointed at the man tied up in the house and said, "It's him, named Sun Wu."

Xie Yunlan looked at him, and there were palm prints on both sides of Sun Wu's cheeks. Most likely, his colleagues wanted to wake him up, but they obviously failed.At this moment, Sun Wu's hands and feet were bound and he couldn't move, but his eyes were still staring blankly at the rain outside the house, showing a sense of urgency and longing, as if he wanted to be immersed in it.

"Can you wake me up?" Xie Yunlan turned to look at Shen Fan beside him.

Shen Fan didn't answer, he walked forward alone, looked down at Sun Wu for a moment, spread his five fingers, and ignited his soul fire.

The light of the fire shone into Sun Wu's stunned pupils, dispelling the layer of shadow invisible to mortals. The obsession with water in Sun Wu's eyes slowly disappeared, and his pupils refocused. After a while, he looked around and looked at himself With the rope on his body, he said blankly: "What's wrong?"

Others also want to know what's wrong, but they haven't heard that the snake has the ability to lure people into the water without touching their faces.

Xie Yunlan did know that Hua Snake has some charm abilities, but this ability itself is not very strong, and now that he has suffered such a serious injury, Sun Wu was so far away from the shore at that time, how did it do it?

"It's not made of snakes." Shen Fan looked outside the house and said, "It's rain."

"Rain?" Xie Yunlan asked puzzled.

It has been raining for four days now, and the rain is a little lighter than before. Why did the accident happen at this time?

"There is resentment in the rain, and it doesn't matter if the amount is small, but when it rains more and more, when it accumulates to a certain extent, it will affect people's sanity." Shen Fan said.

The source of this resentment is a snake, a monster made by a drowned person, and because of this, people affected by the resentment in the rain will jump into the river like crazy.

Shen Fan: "There's not too much resentment now, only some people with weak soul fire will be affected, but if it continues to accumulate, normal people will hardly be spared."

Xie Yunlan's expression changed: "Is there any way to stop it?"

Shen Fan looked at the rain screen and said: "The resentment comes from the rain, not touching the rain can delay the relief of this symptom, but the rain keeps on falling, and the whole city is shrouded in resentment, after a while, even if there is no contact with the rain at all, the symptoms will be relieved. Affected by resentment. The only way is to let the rain stop, the resentment will not increase, and the situation will gradually improve."

So it is still necessary to find the snake. Xie Yunlan thought for a moment and decided to let the people outside withdraw first. If the snake does not take the initiative to show up, it is almost impossible to find it with the officers and soldiers guarding it. However, under the current situation, people are kept outside. It's too dangerous. Once someone dies, the snake's resentment will increase again, and the rain will increase accordingly. In a vicious circle, more and more people will be affected by the rain.

Xie Yunlan decided to do it decisively, however, in the early morning, the rain still increased.

It took a while for the subordinates to report the news. It was not the officers and soldiers who had the accident. The officers and soldiers withdrew back at night. The woman from a commoner family who drowned this time was thrown into the hospital without warning just last night. The river killed itself.

This woman is frail and sickly, lingers on the sick bed all year round, and rarely even goes out, and the family members dare not let her get wet, but the resentment still affects her.

Although this is probably due to the fact that her soul fire is too weak, it is not a good omen. There are nearly [-] people in the city. Like this woman, there are many people who are weak and sick. This is only the first time. The rain continues to fall , More and more people will die.

The house leak happened to be raining all night, and the officers and soldiers stationed on the embankment outside the city came back to report: "Thank you, sir, there is a small opening on the south side of the embankment!"

Xie Yunlan frowned, the water level clearly hadn't reached the warning line, how could something go wrong with the embankment?

He asked: "Didn't it be reinforced last year?"

"It's just been reinforced..." The officers and soldiers faltered and said, "It's been raining for so many days, maybe the sand has loosened a bit."

"Where's Xu Xin?" Xie Yunlan asked again, Xu Xin was always in charge of the river embankment.

"Master Xu is already leading people to repair the river embankment, but there are not enough people there." The officers and soldiers replied.

Xie Yunlan dispatched a group of people to go there, and he called his subordinates again and asked, "What is Yunxiu doing?"

The subordinate shook his head: "She has been staying in Caiyunfang, and has never left the door."

This is normal, Yunxiu knows that Xie Yunlan must be suspicious of herself, so she will be extra cautious at this time and will not act rashly, but Xie Yunlan has no time to wait any longer. He recalled the previous conversations with Yunxiu and the other party's With his expression and actions, he suddenly had a plan, and he gave his subordinates some instructions.

The subordinates didn't understand what it meant, but they still obeyed the order.