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"The legend of Empress Qihuai originated in the late Sui Dynasty."

On the way to the ancestral hall, Yu Shusheng said quickly: "At that time, Hedong Road was first hit by military disasters, and then by drought, and famine was plagued everywhere.

In some places, there are even human tragedies in which Yizi cannibalize each other.

Just when the famine was about to reach its peak, there was a torrential rain in Bingzhou and the surrounding area, and a large number of fish fell. "

Guan Anyan asked, "Is it raining fish?"

"Um."

Yu Shusheng nodded, "The rain of fish from the sky has existed since ancient times.

It wasn't until Yu Chu's time that the Academy determined through tracking and observation that it was due to the natural phenomenon of dragons absorbing water, sucking lake water or sea water with fish into the air, and transporting it to places tens, tens, or even hundreds of miles away. , forming the fish rain phenomenon.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was no reasonable explanation. The rain of fish from the sky made the people of Bingzhou who were in a famine think that it was a manifestation of the gods. They cooked the fish and dried them.

The drought has also been eased by heavy rains. In the end, the people survived the famine successfully, and built a simple Qihuai Empress Temple outside the city.

After the war has calmed down, various families will contribute funds to renovate the Niangniang Temple. "

"Strange, isn't it?"

After listening to Yu Scholar's description, Li Ang asked: "Empress Qihuai has no records or legends before, logically speaking, even if the people of Bingzhou want to worship temples, they should go to the Dragon King Temple.

Why create a god out of thin air?

How did they know it was a woman who summoned the school of fish? "

"Well"

Yu Shusheng paused when he heard the words, and said, "I read these from the county chronicles, and there is no reason stated in it."

"The painting"

Yu Yong immediately thought of the portrait that Li Ang took out earlier that was similar to the statue of Qihuai Niangniang Temple, "Could it be that Qishui Village is related to Qihuai Niangniang Temple?"

"If I'm not mistaken, there is indeed a connection between the two."

He strode forward and came to the gate of the ancestral hall.

Since the villagers of Qishui went to participate in the celebration, the eerie ancestral hall became silent last night.

Li Ang put the suffering lotus inside the body of Mosi's clone, and took a step towards the southeast and northwest, observing the speed at which the suffering lotus petals withered.

The lotus in adversity will predict the life and death of the owner. The more dangerous the place is, the faster the petals of the lotus will fall.

Last night, because the ancestral hall was full of ghosts, Lian of Kujing couldn't make predictions, because there were dangers everywhere.

But now that the villagers have left, Lian of Misery has regained her ability to predict accurately.

boom!

Li Ang punched open the floor of a room behind the ancestral hall, revealing a secret passage hidden under the stone floor.

He walked ahead and stepped into the secret passage.

The secret passage is quite spacious, the ground is uneven, water drips from the top from time to time, and there are braziers with ceramic covers at intervals on the wall.

There were still uncarbonized firewood in those braziers, and it seemed that someone had just used it some time ago.

Yu Shusheng and the others were keenly aware of the danger, and kept silent to raise their vigilance. They took out their weapons, and Ji Xingwang held several talismans in his hands, ready to strike at any time.

Tick, tick.

The clear sound of water droplets echoed in the tunnel, and the road ahead gradually became winding and inclined.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the tunnel finally came to an end. It looked like a simple forging workshop.

On the ground was a pile of huge ceramic vats with lumps of coal in them.

Adjacent to the coal is a furnace, somewhat like a forge, but with a wider entrance.

At the rear, there is a stone door with a handle on it, which looks like it can be opened.

"This stove was used not long ago."

Yu Shusheng frowned, and said softly: "It's strange, why should the stove be placed under the ground when it's in good condition? Is it for making iron? It's not right, either.

There is coal but no iron ore, it doesn't look like a forging furnace. "

Yu Yong remained silent, and picked up something from the corner with his thoughts.

It was a pile of wooden stretchers and strips of cloth.

The wooden stretcher was full of stains, and the cloth was green and yellow, looking extremely dirty.

His face changed slightly, and his thoughts reached into the stove, digging out a pile of unburned fragments from the depths of the stove.

Jade pendants, blackened gold and silver jewelry, black lacquered jade bracelets, metal threads, and wood chips.

"...This furnace is not for burning iron ore and casting ironware."

Guan Anyan stared blankly at the stove, and said with a pale face, "It's used to burn corpses."

"To be precise, it is the clothes and jewelry used to burn the corpse."

Li Ang corrected.

He turned sideways, looked at Shimen, and said calmly: "It's already at this time, isn't your Excellency showing up yet?"

There was silence in the tunnel, Yu Shusheng and the others sensed something, and stared at Shimen holding their breath.

".This is really boring,"

Li Ang shook his head, "What do you mean, the murderer who attacked Yu Yuan and killed Liao Kaifeng and Yan Yan, the holder of Zhenghunxiang, Wang Linian."

bang——

The stone door opened slowly, revealing the middle-aged man standing behind the door—it was the leader of this team, the monk Wang Linian of the Taiyuan Wang family's cloud patrolling realm.

He was still the same as before, holding a long sword and looking at Li Ang and the others expressionlessly.

"how come."

Yu Shusheng was dumbfounded, Wang Li Nian was not killed, he arrived here one step ahead of them, and according to Lu Fei's words, he also killed Yu Yuan, Liao Kaifeng, Yan Yan and others?

Didn't they say they wanted to search and rescue Chu Haoman together?

"Why?!"

Yu Yong clenched his teeth and cursed: "Your Wang family invited us here, why did you attack us again in the incident?

Even if your Wang family has some shady secrets hidden here, you can definitely come forward and use Zhenghunxiang to let us leave before we find out the secrets."

"The scent of righteous soul is gone."

Wang Linian looked at Yu Yong and spoke slowly, his voice was hoarse and rough, like gravel, "Besides, you don't need to act anymore, your so-called brother Yu Yuan is just a puppet. The fragments of his body are in your hands.

If I guessed correctly, you should have the inheritance of the ancient sect of the Southern Zhou Dynasty——Xiyingmen. "

Yu Yong's face changed abruptly, and even the thread in his hand trembled.

He turned his head to look at Yu Shusheng again, and said indifferently: "And you should have some kind of alienated object in your hand that can turn evil into good luck. Neither I personally hunted down, nor Liao Kaifeng and Yan Yan could kill you .”

"."

Yu Shusheng pursed his lips tightly, without saying a word, acquiescing to Wang Linian's words.

"As for you"

Wang Li Nian looked at Li Ang and said in silence for a long time, "My biggest mistake was to let you join the team. If you weren't invited to make up the numbers, all this wouldn't be so complicated at all."

"I'll just take that as a compliment."

Li Ang smiled slightly, turned his head to look at Ji Xingwang and the others, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, there is still a while before the Qishui evil spirits chase after them, let me explain what happened in Qishui Village."