It was a time for people to panic in the city. The Marshal suddenly claimed a false statement, which shocked the civil and military officials of the court again.
Half a month has passed since the tragic incident, but the case is still like an old cow pushing a cart, walking leisurely and unable to whip it.
Situ Cheng's simple car walked alone in the deep beast gorge like a chasm. When he accidentally lifted the curtain of the car and took a look, he could really taste a bit of thrilling.
Even if Situ Cheng leaves Beijing on weekdays, he usually does not walk on this gorge road where the wind blows like ghosts and howls. Although he walks around the avenue more often, it at least makes people feel at ease.
"The marshal walks this road every year?"
Yi Chen chased and Li Ying rode a horse next to Jian's car, and there were only a few plainclothes guards behind him. Their outfits were as simple as they could not be simpler.
“Because this road is relatively close.”
There are many fewer bends than the Avenue.
Situ Cheng got out of the carriage, sat next to the driver, and pulled the fan and shook the wind, sighing deeply.
I remember that the Ministry of Justice had a Shenzheng Department of Justice who was in charge of the case, and the court granted many privileges to make it happen. Unexpectedly, those who had brains and ability were restless and had countless unjust, false and wrong cases. In the end, they even touched the emperor's most untouchable scale. They were so angry that the late emperor directly pulled out the entire department and killed the people and blood flowed into a river, so that the entire Shenzheng Department became a taboo for the court and could not be mentioned easily.
Then all these cases were put back into the hands of the Ministry of Justice, which made the last two generations of Shangshu feel a splitting headache...
"Chen Zhui, you should know that this case is the key to your career. Whether you can truly stand alone in the court in the future is now with this move."
"Um……"
His adoptive father had already advised him about this.
However, Situ Cheng was indeed not idle and had nothing to do to emphasize the situation to Yi Chenzhu, but because he had another old thing to hang up.
"To be an official in the court is not only as simple as adding a prefix to your title of young master. It is far from enough to do good things in the court, but you also need to be careful." Situ Cheng suddenly expressed his vicissitudes of life, and he couldn't help but feel that Yi Chenzhao, who was used to his cynical cynical, was a little uncomfortable.
"Beware of it not only beware of others, but also beware of yourself not to have delusions." Master Shangshu put away the folding fan one by one, "Don't be arrogant by virtue of his merits. You must always know how to judge the situation and be smoother. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you don't want to follow the flow, you will be like this."
"Well, I'll remember it."
Tianshan Village is on Gufeng Mountain outside the west end of Luoshou Gorge. Therefore, the mountain faces Jiuding Mountain from afar, so it is named a village that admires the sacred mountain.
This village is remote and has a dangerous terrain. After leaving the spacious and flat road of Luozhou Gorge, it has to be replaced by a horse. However, Situ Cheng is a complete literati and has never been able to ride a horse. This time, even if he was forcibly driven to the ducks, he could only sit on the horse and lead the horse into the mountain by the guards.
Situ Cheng looked around for no reason - this place is not far from the capital, so why did he choose such a ghost place where birds do not shit and mules do not enter the village?
The vegetation in the mountains is lush, with no sunshine above or rotten soil below. The surroundings are so quiet that even the insects are crying quietly. Moreover, because the terrain is high and steep, the wind passing through the forest is particularly bleak. Even the big white blue sky has a faint feeling of "haunted".
The wind blew on the forest, and a strange fragrance came over. Situ Cheng sniffed his nose and sniffed it. The fragrance was not like the fragrance of flowers and medicine, nor was it the same as the fragrance of Yanzhi Sufang. It smelled strangely.
Just as I smelled the fragrance, I saw wisps of blue smoke jumping between the gaps in the mountains and forests, and the shadows of the eaves of the houses in the distance appeared. There was a village squatting in this deep mountain forest.
The mountains here are undulating, and the houses stand according to the mountains, with different heights. The neighbors in the village are separated by each other, and there are no fences in the entire village. It is more like relying on each other than living together.
According to the Yuanwailang, the villagers in this village seem to be very unfriendly. If they come, it is estimated that the case is investigated and they will probably only be beaten out.
"Where did you get the call?!"
Situ Chengcai was thinking so nervously, and indeed a villager cursed over with great momentum.
Situ Cheng immediately smiled, and was supported by the guards and got off the horse. He bowed and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to have a lot of money and I'm sorry to have a lot of money. I dare to ask if Lizhou is nearby?"
Seeing this, Yi Chenzhui and Li Ying got off the horse without any hesitation.
"Lizhou is far away from this, you are going backwards."
The villager waved his hand to drive people mercilessly, and he really had no intention of keeping a guest.
Judging from this situation, I may not be able to get the news even if I keep it alone.
There was no way, Situ Cheng had to bow and respectfully led everyone out.
The village seemed to be more difficult than expected.
Situ Cheng really admired how the Yuanwailang broke in with bare hands before.
Before retreating, Situ Cheng took a look at the village again and looked around. He couldn't see too many strange things, but there was a strange-looking bus puppet hanging on each door.
No wonder Yuanwailang said that he was engaged in witchcraft here. These humanoid things are basically inseparable from witchcraft magic in their usual concepts.
The villagers had no idea where they were so vigilant, and they followed them all the way until they almost walked out of the Gufeng Mountain before they returned. They seemed to be a thief who was afraid of being caught.
Li Ying kept an eye on the situation of the person behind her, and only whispered to remind him when he couldn't notice his breath, "That person is gone."
"Leave?" Situ Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and said aloofly: "It must be that the guy was too aggressive before that shocked these people."
"Then wait until it gets dark and I sneak into the village to check the situation."
That's what happened now.
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The villager sent the uninvited guests away and ran back to the village, hurriedly rushing to the highest hill in the village, and smashed open a wooden door with cinnabar runes.
The one who came to open the door was a little boy. The doll looked unhappy and rubbed it with a white stone to become a white face cleaner than a dead person. If it came out late at night, it might even scare people to lose their hearts.
"What's the matter? Don't bother Master in reciting."
The villager immediately bowed respectfully and timidly, as if the house was really offering something to the harsh spirit who could not offend.
"Another court person has arrived just now."
After hearing this, the little boy remained calm and asked lightly: "Are you leaving?"
"Let's go, I'll watch them out of Gufeng Mountain."
"Since you're leaving, why are you still nervous?"
The villager was hoarse for a moment and said: "I'm afraid there is no need to be the one I came here this time to be able to pass on the last time, I'm afraid..."
"Master is here, what's the fear? Or do you not believe in the ability of Taoist Qishan?"
The villagers seemed to have encountered some taboos, their faces turned pale, and they waved their hands in fear and fear: "No, no, no, how dare we mistresses be suspicious of the gods..."
Seeing that he was so nervous that he almost knelt down and kowtowed, the little boy smiled and generously refused to argue with him. "Okay, Master, don't disturb me, you go back." After expelling the person, the little boy closed the door.
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When it was late at night, the already deserted village was even quieter and even the croaking of insects seemed noisy.
After Yi Chen chased and Li Ying returned, the villagers who were traveling there, they immediately turned back and quietly touched back into the dense forest of the surrounding village. They surrounded the entire village without knowing it.
This village may not have the habit of working. Except for the villagers who drove them away, there was no one outside in the entire village.
And the pleasant green smoke has never stopped, slowly swaying from the chimneys of every household.
"Can't the whole village be refining elixirs?" Yi Chenzhe looked at the leaves while secretly, but Li Ying stood at a higher position and looked at the strange house with the highest and most conspicuous location. After hearing Yi Chenzhe's question, he answered casually: "The pills are not that easy to refine."
Yi Chen followed the swaying Qingyan from each household, and glanced at the pretty outstanding room where Li Ying had been staring.
There were copper bells hanging on the eaves of the house, and the dark roof was covered with cinnabar sport patterns on the door panel. They were dazzling from afar, but they couldn't see what was being drawn on the top.
And just now, the villager hurriedly knocked on the door, but the person who opened the door was too small, and Yi Chen Zhui and Li Ying could not see the situation clearly.
When the moon climbed up and the moonlight shone into the village, the two of them rushed into the village like ghosts that could still shine on the road.
The villager who had been wandering outside for a whole day finally got back to his house, and then blue smoke rose up.
The two of them quietly touched the man's door and avoided the lights in the window. Yi Chenzhuo was just close to the crack in the window, so he looked inside carefully, but saw the villager sitting silently facing the window with his back facing the window, with his waist straight, but his body was naturally not suitable for such elegance, so he was straight and stretched into a stagnant wooden board.
Yi Chen Zhui was still thinking about what the people in the room were doing, but Li Ying suddenly picked up his wrist and rushed into the forest.
The door of the strange room with the highest location suddenly opened a crack, and a child emerged from inside.
The doll was covered in black clothes, almost integrated with the night, but her face was so white that it was so dazzling that it was extremely scary with a little moonlight. It looked like a mask floating in the sky at first glance.
Yi Chen chased and gasped, but he didn't say anything, but he still covered his mouth with Li Ying's guard against Yu Weiran.
That doll is a bit weird.
The child got out of the room through the crack of the door, looked around with a thief, then suddenly rushed over and disappeared...
Although it did not float away like a ghost, it was still inexplicably creepy when Yi Chen chased him.
Chapter completed!