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In the area of ??Heshan County, there is a legend about the belly of Yishui.
In the Yishui River flowing through Mount Qu, there is a monster called horse belly. It is recorded in Shan Hai Jing that the belly of a horse is a monster with a tiger body and a human face, it cries like a baby, and it is ferocious and cannibal. It gets its name because it lives in the water all the year round, and when people cross the river on horseback, it jumps up and bites the horse's belly to kill.
Therefore, people in the Yishui area never cross the river on foot or on horseback. No matter how deep or shallow the water is, they always use boats or bamboo rafts instead.
There are different opinions on the origin of the horse belly. One of the most common sayings is that the soil on the south bank of Yishui is fertile and the villages and towns are rich, so people in the south bank are born strong. The land on the north bank is barren, and the food produced is not enough to satisfy their hunger. Therefore, people in the north bank eat a weed called Fuguzi all the year round to satisfy their hunger. This kind of grass is poisonous, and if you eat too much, it will not grow tall, so most people on the North Shore are short.
It is said that the people in the south of Yishui often bully the people in the north of Yishui The tall children from the south bank will push the thin children from the north bank into the rushing Yishui, and those who drown unfortunately will turn into horse bellies, Find ways to get revenge.
Therefore, people in the Yishui area never dared to bully the weak when crossing the river by boat, otherwise they would die that night.
Today, both the north and south banks of Yishui belong to Qushan County. The north bank is a town and the south bank is farmland. They are integrated with each other, and the southerners bullying the northerners have long since ceased to happen. The legend about Yishui's belly has long been forgotten. Only a few old people still vaguely remember the several incidents of horse belly wounding that once caused panic.
? On the sixth day of the first lunar month.
Before the residents of Heshan County got out of the festivities of the Chinese New Year, something happened in the county
Around the lower reaches of Yishui River, the bodies of three teenagers floated up. The young one was fifteen or sixteen years old, his clothes were torn and his body was purple, he seemed to be a beggar who fell into the river and was drowned. Qushan is located on the main road between the two places in the southwest. There are all kinds of people in the county, and beggars can be seen everywhere.
?The local government settled the case hastily by accidentally falling into the water, and the body was parked in the mortuary waiting for relatives to claim it. If no one picks it up in three days, it is estimated that it will be buried in a mass grave.
But that night, only a guard in the yamen screamed.
The county magistrate rushed to take a look The guard was lying on the ground, his face was sallow and dead. The door of the mortuary where the bodies of the three beggars were placed was open. Everyone walked in with trepidation, and the hairs on their backs stood on end in an instant—the corpses of the three beggars are gone! Only three strings of wet, small footprints were left on the ground.
At dawn, Wu Zuo came to examine the body of the dead guard, and said, "I'm so scared to death, my gallbladder has burst."
The county magistrate felt even more hairy and ordered all those who knew the news to be suppressed and no rumors were allowed.
Originally thought that this article would be over if the deceased was sent to watch over relatives. Unexpectedly, early the next morning, the county magistrate Qikong bled to death in the study, and several other government servants who knew about it, together with the post-mortem assistant, all died of accidents.
As soon as this incident was spread, the whole Qushan County was aroused, and some people remembered the past of the horse belly murder.
The prefect of Luozhou at the upper level in Qushan County was also alarmed, and sent arresters overnight to seal the county government office and began a thorough investigation of the case.
Lai Na's catcher is well-known in the rivers and lakes, his surname is Liang, his name is Liang Bao, and he is known as the God of the Golden Sword. It's just that almost all the people involved in the case were dead, so he had to send people to martial law throughout the city to search the bodies of the three beggars.
In a flash, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month arrived, and the case still made no progress.
? At noon, there were many people standing in line at the gate of the city waiting to check the people entering the city. There was a teahouse beside them, and they could go to have a drink of tea when they were tired.
On the outermost table of the teahouse, sat two girls, less than twenty years old, wearing gray cloth gowns and long skirts, no jewelry, and carrying bulging bags. The two seem to be sisters, they are good looking but their skin is slightly rough, it can be seen that they are not ladies of the family, but wandering the rivers and lakes.
"Sister, why are you so strict?"
"Probably to catch fugitives, let's be careful."
"What are you afraid of, we have no reputation for cheating and stealing."
These two women are both surnamed Yan, one is Sanfeng and the other is Sifeng. They have been in the world since they were young, and they know how to fight. The name is Liang Shang Shuangfeng.
"Alas." Sifeng poked Sanfeng, "Sister, why don't you do something before you go to the city, or you won't be able to stay in the hotel."
"What are you afraid of?" Sanfeng smiled, "Didn't you hear people say that the city is haunted along the way, so we can earn a lot of money this time!"
Sifeng nodded, but caught a glimpse of the distancesomeone is coming here.
"Sister!" Sifeng lowered her voice, "The one in blue is so handsome!"
?"The little beggar's body is lost?" Zhan Zhao slightly raised his eyebrows, not quite understanding why he stole the child's body.
At this time, Xiao Liang came back in a hurry, "Brother Zhan, I heard that there was a big case in the city, and the magistrate is dead!"
Sifeng thought to himself, it turns out that the scholar's surname is Zhan.
Zhan Zhao asked the police, "Who is so capable that he also killed the county magistrate? The gangster is still the imperial court."
"Heh." Seeing that Zhan Zhao seemed to be someone of some status, the arrester smiled helplessly and shook his head, "It would be easy for a human to do it."
"What?" Xiao Liang was surprised, "You mean the murderer is not a human?"
While talking, suddenly a beggar rushed out from nowhere, lying down in front of the policeman, "My lord, please do me a favor and leave a way for us beggars to survive."
"Tsk" The arrester quickly frowned, and said to the yamen servant in the distance, "Oh, here's another one, handcuff it and take it back."
Zhan Zhao was puzzled, "Why catch beggars?"
"I ordered it from above." As the policeman said quickly, seeing the beggar hugging his leg, he kicked him annoyedly, "Fuck you, go away, don't dirty my pants"
It's just that the arrester hadn't finished his scolding, so he suddenly stopped talking and stayed where he was.
"Ah!" Sifeng was standing facing him, and screamed Looking at the arrester again, he swayed twice and then fell on his back, bleeding from Qiqiao to death.
At this time, someone in the crowd shouted, "The Horse Belly Immortal killed someone!"
The crowd became chaotic in an instant, and everyone broke into the city gate and rushed in, even the officers and soldiers guarding the city did not dare to stop them
At the ferry on the south bank of Heshan County, a ferry boat is slowly leaving, heading for the city of Heshan County in the north.
There were not many people on board, and a few men in hardcover had ropes tied around their waists. It seemed that they were going to the northern county to do hard work. Several old women with children carried baskets with fresh winter bamboo shoots in them, probably visiting relatives. There are also a few merchants and some wandering characters.
Sitting by the wall at the end of the ferry was a man in white.
This person wore a white hat with the brim of a hat pulled down very low, a bundle beside him, and a long knife covered in a white cloth sheath in his hand. He seems to be resting with his head bowed. He is slender and sits unobtrusively in the corner. A few peasant women who are good at weaving show looked at him several times. Not for anything else, but his seemingly simple white brocade gown the material is really high-quality, and the workmanship is also extremely exquisite. This person is either rich or noble, and Qushan County is considered remote, so it is rare to see such a sophisticated young master.
When the boat reached the middle of the river, a few boatmen came to the bow and bowed down, and many old women also knelt down.
A woman with gray hair was kneeling beside the man in white.
"Old man."
The old man heard someone calling him, but his voice was clean but a little cold. When he raised his eyes, he saw the man in white gently lifting the brim of his bamboo hat with the handle of a knife, and asked her in a low voice, "Why do you kneel down?"
The old man's eyes were wide open. She had seen many men in her life, and it was the first time she had seen such an outstanding man.
"Uh" After a long time, the old woman regained her composure, and said in a low voice, "In the past few days, it is said that the horse belly fairy has appeared, so you must pray when crossing the river."
The man in white frowned slightly, but said nothing.
"Wow……"
Just at this time, a little doll who was kneeling with his grandma accidentally fell down and slapped the trouser legs of a big man in front of him with both hands.
The big guy was probably newly bought trousers, and when he saw a muddy handprint on the trouser leg, his eyes widened.
The child rushed into grandma's arms, and was frightened and cried.
The old woman hurriedly made amends, but the big man didn't look like a kind person at first glance, and demanded that they pay ten taels of silver for trousers at the top of his voice.
The old woman had no choice but to apologize to him, but he insisted on asking for money, which scared the child so much that he couldn't stop crying.
The man in white glanced there, his amber eyes were slightly darker, and his eyes were colder. At this time, I heard the old lady next to me muttering in a low voice, "Damn you, you dare to bully women and children on Yishui, your death is not far away"
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly saw the big black man froze, and then fell on his back with a common sound Bleeding to death from his seven orifices.
Putting it on, many local people knelt down and begged the horse belly fairy to appease his anger. Finally, the boatman threw the big man's body into the river, and the boat moved forward again.
After a while, the boat stopped safely at the ferry, and the man in white went ashore and hurried to the city.
This man in white is none other than Bai Yutang.
He had just returned to Xingkong Island, and not long after, Gongsun sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that Zhan Zhao was injured and went to Kushan alone to find his missing elder brother. He did not forget to attach a sentence to the letter——Zhan Zhao could not see So, everyone proposed to ask Bai Yutang for help, but he refused desperately.
Bai Yutang threw away the letter, and arrived at Heshan Mountain two days earlier. He went around the whole city in the past few days, and the one he heard the most was the Immortal Horse Belly. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)Gongsun sent someone to deliver a letter to him, saying that Zhan Zhao was injured and went to Kushan alone to look for his missing elder brother. He did not forget to attach a sentence at the end of the letter - Zhan Zhao lost his eyesight, and everyone proposed to ask Bai Yutang for help. refused.
Bai Yutang threw away the letter, and arrived at Heshan Mountain two days earlier. He went around the whole city in the past few days, and the one he heard the most was the Immortal Horse Belly. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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