Chapter 802 Strange Thing

The reason why Wang Jian was asked to investigate instead of going through Xuan Qingwei's normal channels was that it was kept secret, and Shen Hao didn't think it would be useful to find out. Because he had searched before, but he never found a single word about Lingxiao Palace existing in the world. The general statement is that the Lingxiao Palace has been completely destroyed and no longer exists.

And Lianxiang didn't tell Shen Hao everything, and Shen Hao didn't want his relationship with Lianxiang to be affected by these external forces. Besides, Shen Hao didn't feel that there was no need to check what Lianxiang said, and the habit of twisting and turning around him made him not relax in the slightest.

But Wang Jian has the means to investigate, for example, the intelligence channels in the city of Wushi may be able to gain some results. Because only in vain city can it be possible to hide the truth from most people, resulting in the destruction of Lingxiao Palace.

"Returning to my lord, there is no news yet, but the spies in the dead city are already making preparations. There are informants over there, and it is not difficult to get news. It's just that it costs money and Feidan."

It's not that Wang Jian is taking the opportunity to open his mouth to ask for subsidies, but that the cost of obtaining news in the city of death is indeed much higher than that of other places covered by black water, and it's not even a little bit higher, but nearly twice as high. This makes Wang Jian, who has always been rich and powerful, always complain unconsciously. Because as far as he is concerned, he is no longer advocating playing "informants" in the city of the dead, and thinks that it is the best choice to cultivate or erode some people from the city of the dead to come over.

Shen Hao glanced at his mouth when he heard the words, snorted and said: "You still dare to cry poor? How much money does Heishui have? The elixir is also prepared by the pacification envoy's yamen, and there are some income in the accounts. Are you the one with the fattest pockets in Heishui? Are you deliberately telling me to remind me to reduce your financial power?"

"No, no, my lord, you misunderstood. The subordinates are just complaining. They feel that the informants in the dead city have too much appetite. Do you want to find a way to make them suffer?"

Shen Hao shook his head and said, "Trouble? Do you think that the City of Death is in the territory of the Kingdom? It is so chaotic that even super sects dare not set foot easily, let alone us? Informants have their own way of survival, outsiders like us It's best not to think about it, either don't find the informant, or follow their rules. Your domineering habits are better restrained in the city of death.

I know you want to train your own people, that's right, but the city of dead dead is no better than other places, there are too many monks, it is difficult to cover it like other places, and it takes a lot of time.

So, what I mean is that you don't want to touch the informant, it doesn't matter whether it's money or Dan, as long as it's not too outrageous, don't be stingy. The cultivation of one's own people can also continue, but remember not to rush, everything has been safe and concealed as the top priority. understand? "

"The subordinate understands."

Shen Hao took a sip of the herbal tea on the table and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"My lord, there is one more thing. The spies who were sent to the remote places in Jingxi according to your instructions have returned first-hand. I asked the fourth department to analyze it and feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong, so This subordinate would like to invite you, my lord, to take care of it."

check? It was very euphemistic, but according to Shen Hao's understanding of Wang Jian, if he was not certain, he would never have brought the matter to him hastily.

"Let's talk about it, what's the matter that even the people from the fourth department can't make up their minds?" Shen Hao was also curious. Heishui No. 4 has now established a copy system that can be said to be suitable for Heishui itself. Although it is not perfect, it is also a huge copy library that is rare in Jingjiu Dynasty, and it should be the only one with such a system. place. Is there no definite direction yet with this kind of copybook?

"That's what happened. Because you said you wanted to be ahead of the black flag camps in various places, so your subordinates arranged for some traveling doctors to go to remote villages to understand the situation. First of all, there are doctors everywhere, and black water The traveling doctors here are all familiar faces with many years of experience in traveling as doctors. They all have some healing skills, and some have unique soup and medicine prescriptions, so they are not afraid of being suspected, and they are most suitable to go to remote villages to investigate the situation.

This time I went to seven places, all of which were the most remote villages. The largest village had 70 households, and the small one had only about 20 households. According to the news from the spies, there was only one word: poor. The main reason is that it is greatly affected by the mountain roads. There are a lot of good things from the mountains in the village, but they can't be transported out at all.

But these poor villages have a similar custom, that is, they will go to worship the gods regularly, and there are many complicated worship etiquette and rules. Although the names of the gods worshiped in these villages are different, the etiquette and rules used are very similar."

Shen Hao waved his hand: "The habit of worshiping gods exists everywhere in Jingjiu Dynasty, from south to north. You can talk about this, but what's wrong?"

"Yes, my lord. There are similar legends in the village. It is said that those who are sincere can obtain the power bestowed by the gods and can overcome all diseases and live forever. Undoubtedly, there are many more convincing examples. Some families even said that some relatives received God’s favor and lay in bed dying, but returned to life and sat up, and then followed God.”

"It's just a legend, and there are many more outrageous than this. Why do you feel that there is something wrong with it?" Shen Hao asked with a frown.

Wang Jian hurriedly continued: "Back to the adults, because almost everyone in the villages where the so-called gods are enshrined is sick. The better the health, the easier it is to get worse. Generally, after the onset, you will either be dizzy or sullen, and it will take a long time if it is serious. If you don't reach it, you will be as angry as a gossamer.

However, if the seriously ill person believes in God, he will be carried into the cave of God, and when he opens it a day later, the person inside will disappear, but there will be a "Longevity Card" that was originally laid flat in the hole that will be erected. It means that the person who should have died in the cave was taken away by God to enjoy longevity.

Therefore, people in these villages take illness very lightly, and they don't even have much respect for traveling doctors. They hope that traveling doctors can check whether the animals are sick, rather than people. "

"Is this the case in so many villages?"

"Yes my lord."

"Will you die if you push it into the hole?"

Wang Jian shook his head and said, "Not all of them are like this. Most people die within a day. One in ten is not bad. It is said that this has something to do with piety."

"This kind of strange incidents in the countryside are often accompanied by blindfolding techniques. It is possible that the monks interfered with it. But the motive is indeed very strange. Do you suspect that it has something to do with the evil monks?" Shen Hao thought for a while, and this matter really needs to be pondered. . When it comes to the customs of worshiping gods, it is really easy to hide dirt.