Chapter 273: Wuhan University and Wu San, the Water Ghost Killing Case! (Additional Knowledge for Qingzhou Sequence)

Author: Nanshan Traveler

"let me see!"

Jiang Chen's mind moved and his body teleported.

In a blink of an eye, he settled next to Yumen Pass, on the top of the Wanren Mountain, about two hundred feet high, which is the remnant of the Qilian Mountains.

Climb up and look far away!

Jiang Chen could instinctively stand on tiptoe and look around, but he never saw Liu Chuanzhi's traces. He couldn't help but frown secretly:

"In Yumen Pass, there are only more than a thousand infantry, hundreds of cavalry, and one captain. There is no trace of any Wuhou-level powerful man. Have you not arrived yet, or..."

The sound came to an abrupt end.

Jiang Chen's eyes flashed slightly, and he stared at the city wall on the west side.

Several soldiers with halberds gathered near the city wall, paddling and chatting. From the changes in their lip shape, there seemed to be the word rain.

"Could it be..."

Jiang Chen jumped, quickly approached the city wall, and then secretly urged his blood to quickly hide his breath.

soon.

He quietly climbed up to the old city wall and eavesdropped on the dialogues of many soldiers.

"Have you heard it? When Lao Ba was patrolling the south of the city, he found another family. The way of death was exactly the same as the case a few days ago."

"Yes, it's so miserable. It's like being dragged into the water and soaked for three days and three nights. It's swollen all over, like floating corpses."

"Are you able to get ashore to pull people these days?"

Among the gossips of many soldiers, Jiang Chen gradually got a glimpse of the whole story of the incident.

This matter still starts with the "29th day of the first lunar month", or the "rain" among the twenty-four solar terms.

In this remote and deserted border town, spring rain should have been as expensive as oil, but from the 29th day of the first lunar month, the rain has come too much, which is too unusual.

One drop, two drops, three or four drops, five or six, seven or eight or ninety drops, thousands of drops, almost lifting the nearby Shule River waterline by more than half a foot.

At first, the defenders of Yumen Pass were quite happy. If there was more water, the farmers could make more food and drink more locally.

There was a reason why the Han Dynasty chose to establish Yumen Pass. There was sufficient rainfall within the pass, the fields were suitable for cultivation, and there was even a Shule River to support it.

However, outside the pass, precipitation is becoming increasingly rare and the Shule River is cut off, which is not suitable for the survival of the farming people. If you use high school geography to explain it, that is:

"200 mm annual precipitation line!"

Therefore, in the eyes of the people here, spring rain is as expensive as oil, and the more the better.

But soon-

Something scary happened quietly!

At night, in the western part of the city, people in the city were walking leisurely while shouting "The weather is dry, be careful of the fire candle".

As a result, he staggered and fell down a dog to eat shit. When he lifted the lantern, he was frightened to find that it was a swollen corpse.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

A scream made the whole city shocked.

If it were an ordinary way of death, it might not cause much trouble. After all, in this world, only martial arts and officials have human rights.

but--

The death status of the owner of this corpse is extremely bizarre, as if it was a corpse that floated out of the water for many days after drowning in the water due to its rot and inflated interior.

After the coroner's identification, this was a floating corpse, with the breath of a water ghost lingering on its body. It is very likely that it was a scapegoat after falling into the water.

Water ghost is an underwater ghost, which refers to those evil ghosts who accidentally die in the water, commit suicide in rivers, lakes and seas, and cannot be reincarnated.

They wander secretly at the bottom of the water, luring or directly pulling the living person into the water and drowning, becoming its scapegoats, and then they can be reincarnated on their own.

but--

This is the city!

How terrible would it be if a water ghost could get ashore?

Neighbors all said that this person had never left the city and had been doing small business in Guansai and had never been to nearby lakes and rivers.

The government failed to find the real murderer for a while, and after he was perfunctory to his family, there was no further information. The next morning, Wu Da and Wu San, who were selling cooked cakes on the street, died strangely and became two swollen corpses.

Then there are four, eight, sixteen...

It has been six days since today, and a total of 31 people have been killed. If nothing unexpected happens, the total number of deaths tonight will increase sharply to 63.

Therefore, the whole city was panicked, and more and more fleeing people were forced to dispatch the Yumen Pass to patrol everywhere, trying to find out the source of the "water ghost".

“Double…”

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and calculated slightly in his mind. In about five or six days, the Qingzhou army will arrive in the Shule River Basin.

So--

The total death toll will increase to 2,047!

"Is this a water ghost?"

"Why is it like developing a offline?"

Jiang Chen twitched his mouth and immediately stared at the entire city of the pass and the waters outside the pass with his sky eyes. A trace of strangeness appeared on his face.

Not even half a water ghost!

No trace of ghosts has been seen in water wells or river basins within a radius of twenty miles. Where have they been?

"I always feel that this matter may not be related to Liu Chuanzhi..."

Jiang Chen frowned and thoughtful, and said secretly:

"Will he have the origin of the flood in his hands? Every late at night, he secretly releases those water ghosts and drags more people into the water. Then, by dawn, he will all be included in the origin of the flood. In this way, it will be reasonable that there will be no trace of the ghost."

Just think of this.

Jiang Chen changed into clothes, strode into Yumen Pass, searched for an inn, and waited for the water ghost to appear while eating some delicious food.

The waiter scratched his head and said:

"There is only the last table in this inn. If you don't mind, you can share a table with the two guests who have just arrived there. How about it? In addition, if you need to stay in a hotel, you can also contact the villain."

"good."

Jiang Chen had no plans to stay, so he patted the dust on his body and sat down casually. After chatting with each other, he was surprised to find that the two guests at this table were actually relatives of the 18th Battalion Grain Taiwan official "Wang Fengzai", and also had the hobby of "disputing".

Called: Wang Shi, Wang Qi.

Jiang Chen was interested in inquiring about the "water ghost murder case", so he asked the two of them: "The city is so chaotic, I heard that it's a water ghost?"

However.

The two of them were obviously ordinary people, but they were used to substituting themselves into powerful people. They completely forgot the innocent dead people and said happily:

“Currency is the ladder to the ascendance!”

In their opinion, a water ghost murder case occurred at Yumen Pass, which is a good thing for them who are eager to join the army.

If the defenders were seriously injured, it would be very likely to reduce the difficulty of collecting soldiers. Then the opportunity for their brothers would come.

Jiang Chen's mouth raised slightly. Seeing that the two of them were young people who were not well-versed in the world, he gave up asking and made a meal silently.

He picked up a chopstick and "The Little Green Dragon" in pieces, which means taking pictures of the cucumbers and savoring them carefully, and then sighed in his heart:

"It is not necessarily a good thing to lower the requirements."

Take the Qingzhou Army as an example.

During the Battle of Conquering Loulan, six or seven thousand people were killed in battle, so the requirements for the Qingyang ceremony were greatly reduced during the later recruitment.

Many of them, like Xiao Wu, took life-burning medicine in advance, burned six to nine years of life before barely knocking down the dead soldiers.

Even so, there are some crooked people who are too weak in strength. Even if they take medicine, they are still gnawed and killed by the dead soldiers, and they are desolate in death.

The strict recruitment standards are originally intended to select good seedlings that "if you do not take the life-burning medicine, you can knock down two dead soldiers."

Wang Shi learned a lot of martial arts knowledge from Laoliangtai, and he knew it all:

"The military level is the cornerstone of martial arts. It can make the muscles of the whole body strong and full, and responsive. It can shoot a strong bow of 180 kilograms, and it is not easy to get sick. If the body has not been injured in secret, it can often live to death."

"But to put it bluntly, it means that the strength, physical strength, etc. before promotion will be doubled. Therefore, when selecting soldiers, you always choose the best. After all, the better the foundation, the stronger the strength will be!"

Wang Qize added:

"The qi and blood of the scholar level have further doubled. Among them, the best ones can even have a thousand pounds of strength and can defeat four or five martial soldiers with bare hands."

"The most important thing is that although it cannot prolong life, it is unusual after death. I heard that if an ordinary person dies and his soul cannot be reincarnated, it will disperse soon."

"But the strong scholar-level scholar, [a scholar must not be broad-minded and resolute, and has a long way to go]. He has a firm spiritual belief and can often live out a second life in the underworld!"

"If there are people who can sacrifice themselves, their spiritual life will not be a problem."
To be continued...